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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
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The Double Bind of Precarious Work: Creating Need and Undermining Support
Sociological ScienceFor most adults in the United States, participation in the labor force is a normative expectation and a pre-requisite for social acceptance and inclusion.
Tyler Woods +2 more
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Defining and Regulating Zero Hours Work: Lessons from a Liberal Market Economy
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019 The apparent rise in precarious work has received increased attention in a number of countries in recent decades. However, studies highlight the difficulties of both defining and capturing the extent of precarious work.
Lorraine Ryan +7 more
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
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Climate emergency and decent work
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & HealthThe climate crisis and loss of biodiversity, two closely related threats to human and planetary health, meet the criteria for the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an international public health emergency, as occurred with COVID-19 (1), and ...
Fernando G Benavides, George L Delclos
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented in many ways, but perhaps no more so than in the sudden expansion of—and increase in—unemployment assistance benefits.
Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, Savannah Knoble
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Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook +3 more
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Job Security, Precarious Work, and Freedom of Contract
LSE Public Policy ReviewModern labour markets appear segmented into good jobs for full-time employment and bad jobs, which are precarious and poorly remunerated. To achieve flexibility and save on labour costs, employers use strategies such as casualisation and outsourcing of ...
Hugh Collins
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart +11 more
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A Snapshot of Precarious Academic Work in Canada
New Proposals, 2020 In much of the developed work, tendencies associated with neoliberalism, the “corporatization” of the university, and cuts to government funding have led to a growing reliance on contingent or “non-regular” faculty.
Deidre Rose
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