Monthly employment and unemployment figures.
August 17 2007 - Just over 1,500,000 people (9% of Australians aged 15 years or more)
were unemployed and looking for work at some time in the twelve months up to February 2007, according to the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
June 1 2007 - More than 37% of all employees worked extra hours or overtime in November 2006 according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
February 9 2007 - A survey by ISR, a global employee research and consultancy firm, has
found that organizations across Asia-Pacific risk losing their most talented people.
August 18 2006 - A new study shows that the transition to adult life takes longer and is a more complex process for the current generation of young people in Australia. While they often remain in education for longer, they also face less secure job prospects, according to the latest Brotherhood of St Laurence Youth Transition Social Barometer.
May 26 2006 - 24% (2.2 million) of employees worked some of their main job
hours at home in November 2005, according to a report from the Australian Bureau of
Statistics (ABS).
October 25 2005 - A new report from the Brotherhood of St Laurence,
Melbourne Citymission and Hanover Welfare Services concludes that Australia's most
disadvantaged job seekers are being given a raw deal under the Federal Government's
Personal Support Programme (PSP)
July 18 2005 - Research by Monash University's Australian Centre
for Retail Studies (ACRS) shows that retail is rarely a first choice of career,
with most people who work in retail having 'fallen into it'.
July 7 2005 -
Major Metropolitan newspaper job advertisements were down 1.9% in June and internet job advertisements fell by 2.5% according to an ANZ report.
March 10 2005 - Official unemployment figures continue to hide the real number of people who want to work in Australia, according to a number of agencies.
August 2 2004 - The Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) has called for total overhaul of the Australian Federal
Government's Job Network employment services.
October 13 2003 - Full-time workers stay longer with their employers
than part-timers, according to recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
September 10 2003 - Stephen Shepherd, Managing Director, Services
Sector, for global staffing company Kelly Services, comments in advance of the August labour force figures. The July unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent, and followed a loss of 55,200 jobs in that month.
April 15 2003 - An Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report
shows that just over half (52%) of the 1.6 million workers who started their present jobs
in the year up to July 2002 were out of work prior to beginning that job.
February 17 2003 - Employers' attitudes towards the Commonwealth Government Employment Service have become much more positive since
the introduction of the Job Network, according to Employment Services Minister,
Mal Brough.
September 17 2002 - A fifth of all employed people consider themselves to be employed on a casual basis,
according to recent results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The current rate of
20% represents an increase of three percentage points since the last Forms of Employment
Survey conducted in 1998.
August 8 2002 - Two thirds (67%) of people retrenched in the previous three years were back in employment by July 2001, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is a significant improvement on the 55% in employment at July 1997 after retrenchment in the three years prior.
April 3 2002 - More than a third (39%) of the country's unemployed are aged between 15 and 24, according to recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
13 February 2002 -
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) released its Federal Budget submission, calling
for urgent Government action to commit itself to the next phase of welfare reform. ACOSS President
Andrew McCallum said:
29 March 2001 - The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released a survey conducted in May 2000 into
the diversity of working and superannuation arrangements. The survey shows that almost a
fifth of Australian jobholders regarded their job as casual.
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