The Conversation

By Mehran Nejati, Edith Cowan University

Parading your patriotism might look like a corporate plan that can’t possibly go wrong. ANZAC …

Real wage growth has been close to zero in the past two years, in line with close to zero productivity growth. So why is this the case?

Creating opportunities for solitude in work settings, by the design of the space or the job itself, might help to increase the diversity of ideas.

Current owners are likely to benefit from the impacts of short-term letting platforms, but prospective owners and tenants may be disadvantaged.

When used ethically, big data can help solve some of society’s most difficult social and environmental problems. So here are five projects doing just that.

There is no obvious case for lifting compulsory super contributions from 9.5% to 12% of a salary, as is presently legislated.

The recent walkout by thousands of Google employees was the first protest of its kind by well-paid and benefit-rich high-tech workers.

Economic evidence shows conditions for Australian workers have been getting worse as membership numbers in unions have declined.

Since Bitcoin was born in 2008, we have seen extraordinary hype, astronomical price booms and busts and thousands of spin-off cryptocurrencies.

A selling point of blockchain is once data is added to the chain, it can’t be changed or removed, but this is an issue given one's “right to be forgotten”.

Claims about what is (or is not) casual employment and what is (or is not) happening to the sector is at the fore in debates about working conditions.

Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and most of them face bullying, discrimination and isolation.