BUSS1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Temporary Work, Population Ageing, Underemployment
18 Jul 2018
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The current australian workforce: the majority of australians are employed in service based industry (above. This trend has been increasing since the 1950s: this is followed by manufacturing, agriculture and mining (remaining 15%) Some choose not to hire women due to maternity leave costs and the fact that they may not be working for so long; others believe that women are distracted because of caretaking / family responsibilities. In 2013, women earned 82 cents on a man"s dollar. Single women without children made 96 cents on the male dollar. Increasing migration (almost 50% of population is an immigrant or the child of one: 90% increase in skilled migration. Increased casualisation (leading to higher underemployment than unemployment) Increase in year 12 retention rates (82. 9% in 2013) Females receive, on average lower pay than males i. e. there is a gender pay gap of. 17. 3% as of 2016 (gender pay gap has hovered between 15 19% for the past two decades).
