Research Topic: Wages & Entitlements

Research Papers from the Centre for Future Work.

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The Continuing Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation

The continuing irrelevance of minimum wages to future inflation Updated analysis by the by the Centre for Future Work at

The Cumulative Costs of Wage Caps for Essential Service Workers in NSW

Since 2012 the NSW government has arbitrarily suppressed pay gains for workers in state-funded public services (including health care, education,

The curious incident of low wages growth

A new Carmichael Centre report by David Peetz considers why wages growth has been so low, despite a tight labour

The Importance of Minimum Wages to Recent Australian Wage Trends

Tomorrow the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its quarterly Wage Price Index: the most commonly-reported measure of wage growth

The Long-Term Consequences of Wage Freezes for Real Wages, Lifetime Earnings, and Superannuation

New research from the Centre for Future Work has dramatised the lasting consequences for workers’ lifetime incomes – even after

The Relationship Between Superannuation Contributions and Wages in Australia

New research from the Centre for Future Work shows that scheduled increases in employers’ minimum statutory superannuation contributions would have

The Same Mistake Twice

Public Sector Pay Freezes Could Push Economy From Recession to Depression New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future

The Wages Crisis Revisited

Wages Will Continue to Lag Without Targeted Wage-Boosting Measures: New Report A comprehensive review of Australian wage trends indicates that

Too much work and too few paid hours?

Widespread dissatisfaction with paid work hours, and employees working excessive unpaid overtime, are two of the key findings of the

Update on Penalty Rates and Job-Creation: Two Years Later

July 1 marked the implementation of the next stage of reduced penalty rates in the retail and hospitality industries in