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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| 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 |