Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008

The Australian economy in 2008 was one of contrasts: the resource based states continued to grow at relatively higher rates than the remainder; wage and employment outcomes varied widely for different groups in the labour force; and domestic climate change policies achieved prominence just as a glob...

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Main Authors: Preston, Alison, Jefferson, Therese
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16053
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description The Australian economy in 2008 was one of contrasts: the resource based states continued to grow at relatively higher rates than the remainder; wage and employment outcomes varied widely for different groups in the labour force; and domestic climate change policies achieved prominence just as a global economic downturn lead to rapidly changing macroeconomic conditions. Within this rapidly changing context, ongoing concerns with labour utilization, wage equity and issues of compliance appear likely to grow in significance.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-160532017-09-13T15:42:43Z Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008 Preston, Alison Jefferson, Therese pay equity minium wage Australian Fair Pay commission labour unilization The Australian economy in 2008 was one of contrasts: the resource based states continued to grow at relatively higher rates than the remainder; wage and employment outcomes varied widely for different groups in the labour force; and domestic climate change policies achieved prominence just as a global economic downturn lead to rapidly changing macroeconomic conditions. Within this rapidly changing context, ongoing concerns with labour utilization, wage equity and issues of compliance appear likely to grow in significance. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16053 10.1177/0022185609104300 Sage Publications fulltext
spellingShingle pay equity
minium wage
Australian Fair Pay commission
labour unilization
Preston, Alison
Jefferson, Therese
Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008
title Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008
title_full Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008
title_fullStr Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008
title_full_unstemmed Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008
title_short Labour markets and wages in Australia: 2008
title_sort labour markets and wages in australia: 2008
topic pay equity
minium wage
Australian Fair Pay commission
labour unilization
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16053