EMPLOYMENT – AUSTRALIA

Job sharing: Why Australian businesses should rethink full-time work

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Original article by Killian Plastow
The New Daily – Page: Online : 6-Mar-20

Job sharing has traditionally involved two people with similar skills splitting a full-time job in half. However, the University of New South Wales has called for this arrangement to be revised because of the changing nature of work. It states that future arrangements should allow job-sharing employees to work unequal hours, for senior staff to share jobs with junior colleagues, and for the ‘senior’ work partner to be in charge of decision making. With underemployment being a growing problem in Australia in recent years, Professor Rosalind Dixon from the UNSW says these new job-sharing arrangements would help both those who are working too hard and those who are underemployed.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Unemployment matters: At the Federal Election the L-NP picked up four marginal seats with total unemployment and under-employment over 25%

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Aug-19

The latest data for the Roy Morgan employment series shows that in July 1.19 million Australians were unemployed (8.7% of the workforce) with an additional 1.3 million (9.6%) now underemployed. Employment was up 361,000 to 12,382,000 in July, while unemployment was down 147,000 on a year ago to 1,182,000 Australians, with the unemployment rate having fallen by 1.3% to 8.7%. However, the underemployment rate has risen 1% to 9.6% over the past year. Roy Morgan’s real unemployment figure of 8.7% for July is significantly higher than the current ABS estimate for June of 5.2%, although Roy Morgan’s underemployment estimate of 9.6% is comparable to the current ABS underemployment estimate of 8.2%. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says unemployment and underemployment played a decisive role in the recent federal election, with the L-NP Government picking up four marginal seats from the ALP which have total unemployment and underemployment of over 20%.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Unemployment in December is 9.7% and under-employment is 8.8%

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Jan-19

Australian unemployment of 9.7% (down 0.1%) and under-employment of 8.8% (down 0.8%), are both down on a year ago, driving a 0.9% fall in overall labour under-utilisation to 18.5% (2.5 million). This is according to the latest employment data from Roy Morgan, which shows that the workforce, which comprises employed Australians and those who are unemployed and looking for work, is now 13,376,000, down 34,000 on a year ago. The decrease in employment was driven by a drop in part-time employment of 89,000 to 4,115,000. An increase in full-time employment of 65,000 to 7,959,000 wasn’t enough to offset this drop. Roy Morgan’s real unemployment figure of 9.7% for December is significantly higher than the current Australian Bureau of Statistics estimate for November 2018 of 5.1%.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Unemployment at 11% in August highest for more than two years

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Sep-18

The latest Roy Morgan figures on employment in Australia show that unemployment increased to a two-year high of 11% in August. This is more than twice as high as the current Australian Bureau of Statistics estimate for July of 5.3%. According to Roy Morgan, the increase has come about due to a rise in people looking for a job, despite the solid growth in employment. A further eight per cent of the workforce are now under-employed, working part-time and looking for more work. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says over 250,000 jobs have been created over the last year, but the even faster growth in the Australian workforce means unemployment has increased by over 150,000 to 1.48 million.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Ratio of casual workers steady for 20 years

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 8 : 19-Jun-18

The Australian Industry Group’s analysis of official labour market data suggests that contrary to unions’ claims, the proportion of casual workers has remained steady at about 25 per cent of all employees since 1998. This is despite the fact that the number of casual employees rose from 1.7 million in August 1998 to 2.6 million in February 2018. Ai Group’s chief economist Julie Toth notes that there has been 53 per cent growth in the number of casual employees over this period, and 56 per cent growth in permanent employee numbers.

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THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, ACTU, THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE LIMITED

Jobs market hits wall after record surge

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Original article by David Uren
The Australian – Page: 4 : 20-Apr-18

Official data shows that the number of full-time jobs in Australia fell by 7,500 in the March quarter, although 43,000 part-time jobs were created. The economy added 4,900 jobs in March, compared with market expectations of 20,000. Despite the economy’s failure to sustain the momentum that saw more than 430,000 jobs created in the year to January, Employment Minister Michaelia Cash argues that growth in both full and part-time employment is higher than a year ago. She adds that 996,800 jobs have been created since the Coalition won the 2013 federal election.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESS, JP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB

Australians back at work in February, full-time employment hits record

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Mar-18

A Roy Morgan survey shows 1.31 million Australians were unemployed in February (9.7% of the workforce); an increase of 57,000 (up 0.3%) on a year ago. In addition 1.21 million Australians (10.2% of the workforce) are now under-employed, working part-time and looking for more work, a rise of 73,000 in a year (up 0.4%). The same survey also showed that 12,228,000 Australians were employed in February – an increase of 133,000 over the past year equal to an average of just over 10,000 jobs added per month. The increase in employment year on year was driven entirely by an increase in full-time employment which rose 249,000 to a record high 8,153,000 while part-time employment fell 116,000 to 4,075,000. Roy Morgan real unemployment figures of 9.7% for February are substantially higher than the current ABS estimate for January 2018 of 5.5%.

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ABS data shows full-time employment down 50,000 in a month as part-time jobs surge – a real problem!

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Feb-18

Full-time employment fell nearly 50,000 in January according to the ABS employment figures released yesterday and confirm the longer-term trend revealed by the Roy Morgan January employment figures released a week ago. Increases in part-time employment which could mean working anywhere between 1-30 hours per week are driving employment growth at the expense of full-time jobs. As Roy Morgan first revealed last week: "The increase in employment over the past year was driven entirely by an increase in part-time employment which rose 156,000 to 4,191,000 while full-time employment fell 40,000 to 8,045,000".

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

2.334 million Australians now unemployed or under-employed

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Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Nov-17

A Roy Morgan survey has found that 1.226 million Australians were unemployed in October, an increase of 38,000 over the same time in 2016. A further 1.108 million Australians were under-employed, down 138,000 on the same time in 2016. The number of Australians in employment in October totalled 11,767,000, an increase of 104,000 over the past year, with the increase largely due to a rise in full-time jobs. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan says employment growth has eased in the second half of 2017, while he notes the end of car manufacturing in Australia in October will have a flow-on effect to several automotive parts manufacturers and suppliers.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Women have propelled Australian employment growth

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Oct-17

Roy Morgan Research’s analysis of long-running trends in the Australian labour market by gender shows that strong increases in employment this century have been driven by large increases in both full-time and part-time employment for both women and men. However, although these increases have been shared between both genders, the increasing number of women joining the workforce has led to larger overall gains for women across overall employment, full-time employment, and also part-time employment. Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine says the Australian workforce is undergoing generational change, with women entering the workforce in increasing numbers while men are driving the trend towards increasing part-time employment.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED