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In an Australian first, Western Australia has formally recognised the psychological and social stress of insecure work.

Many formal sector jobs are increasingly precarious and poorly paid, meaning that formal work is not an avenue to greater social equality for many people.

The supply crisis in the meat processing industry was entirely predictable. Employers and the government should have seen it coming.

The pandemic home-delivery boom is driving a push to automation and precarious work by Australian supermarkets.

Disclosure statement Alex Veen is part of a research team that received a University of Sydney Business School Industry Partnership grant. Uber Technologies is a Partner Organisation on this grant and provided a minority financial contribution to the project. He further receives funding from the Australian Research Council in the form a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for his project entitled 'Algorithmic management and the future of work: lessons from the gig economy.' Caleb Goods is part of a research team that received a University of Sydney Business School Industry Partner...