Australia is on the precipice of unprecedented workplace change, but regulation and policy discussions focus too much on "yesterday's problems", warns Business Council of Australia chief executive, Jennifer Westacott.
Increasing casual employment and unsocial working hours are part of a worrying pattern of declining job quality in Australia, according to new research.
Australian employers should shift from their "myopic" focus on hiring specialists to embrace workers with broad-ranging skills, according to a researcher and author.
The Federal Government's move to restrict so-called 'double-dipping' of parental leave is an unnecessary setback for recent progress in making workplaces more family friendly, says Diversity Council Australia CEO Lisa Annese.
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