Tag: gig economy
The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
La Boite’s artists company is embedding Queensland creatives in the theatre company for 18 months. Markus Ravik
In the arts in Australia, precarious employment, unpaid work and short-lived careers are the...
Shocking yet not surprising: wage theft has become a culturally accepted part of business
Australia’s Fairwork Ombudsman found wage theft in 45% of its
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Many Australians are shocked by celebrity chef George Calombaris...
Self-employment and casual work aren’t increasing but so many jobs are insecure – what’s going on?
Underemployment and stagnant wages may be strong signs of
worker insecurity in the face of relentless cost-cutting. Paul Braven/AAP
That casualisation and self-employment rates are not increasing is often...