POLY1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fair Work Commission, Structural Unemployment, Equal Opportunity
Lecture 10 - Un/Employment
Assignment:
Section 1:
Descriptive
Imagine audience has not heard of the program
two paragraphs - maybe one on describing, one on arrangements
Aim of the program
Most relevant information
Description of the program and information
what its about, who its for, who administers it, how it is delivered
context
Funding
Section 2:
Definitions
e.g. which different age groups you are comparing, metropolitan vs rural area,
above vs below poverty line
Section 3:
not your opinion
define and apply principles of fairness from the course
e.g. equitable because different needs of groups, best use of resources etc.
Based on understandings of what fairness actually means
Review
what migration streams does Australia have?
Skills - 68%
Family - 32%
which is the largest?
Skills
**what is the difference between a migrant, a refugee and an asylum seeker?
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Migrant - free to go back to their own country
asylum seeker - seeking refugee status
refugee - fleeing persecution etc.
Why do we need to know about un/employment policy?
issues associated with work are central concerns for most people
understand policy + structural factors underpinning the difficulties people face in
engaging in the labour market
normatively, we can argue that the right to work is a right of citizenship and that
employment is primary welfare
Un/employment + wellbeing
symbolic + material importance of employment
link to identity - confidence, contributing etc.
boredom, isolation + stigma
conflict with other non-paid roles - e.g. caring
if you have no income, what are the alternatives for survival?
Older people and those who live further from cities are generally more satisfied with
their work
What is employment policy?
concerns the ways that govts shape and/or intervene in the labour market
the actions of govt that impinge on the availability, conditions and quality of paid work
in a capitalist economy, employment is generated the labour market
people sell their labour (time + skills) to employers in exchange for wages and other
benefits
the scope of employment policy
economic policies to stimulate employment
e.g. decisions to protect (or not) manufacturing, mining etc.
industries
Deregulation
Tax cuts to businesses
incentives for taking on certain sorts of workers
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working conditions
Rates of pay
minimum wage
hours of work
OH&S
unfair dismissal etc. (Fair Work Act)
Unions
Anti-discrimination in the workforce
Equal opportunity in recruitment, pay + promotion
Policies that impact access to the workforce
Childcare
parental + carers leave
flexible work hours
Infrastructure + transport
retirement age
education + training policies
University + VET fees
Apprenticeship schemes
welfare
New Start Allowance (rate + requirements)
Disability pension
Disability employment assistances
migration policy
Features of skilled migration scheme
summary of employment policy
concerned with:
overall level of labour market participation
the characteristics of work
the supply of labour
the demand for labour
the role of unions
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Document Summary
Imagine audience has not heard of the program two paragraphs - maybe one on describing, one on arrangements. Description of the program and information what it(cid:1685)s about, who it(cid:1685)s for, who administers it, how it is delivered context. Definitions e. g. which different age groups you are comparing, metropolitan vs rural area, above vs below poverty line. Section 3: not your opinion define and apply principles of fairness from the course e. g. equitable because different needs of groups, best use of resources etc. Based on understandings of what fairness actually means. Migrant - free to go back to their own country asylum seeker - seeking refugee status refugee - fleeing persecution etc. Older people and those who live further from cities are generally more satisfied with their work. Tax cuts to businesses incentives for taking on certain sorts of workers working conditions. Rates of pay minimum wage hours of work. Childcare parental + carers leave flexible work hours.
