Current Human Resource issues in the Australian Media

There has been significant media coverage of labour market related issues in the Australian media over recent months. Labour market issues addressed in the media can be broadly categorised within the following subject headings: benefits and salaries, labour market participation, labour market demographics, workplace restructuring and employee relations, and labour market legislation.

Media coverage of benefits and salaries included articles examining parental leave provisions in the USA , UK and Australia , a paternity leave test case in Tasmania , a proposed increase in working hours at the NRMA , working conditions of parents , graduate starting salaries , composition of executive pay packages , inequality of women’s earnings and seniority compared to men’s , and a number of pieces exploring work/life balance attitudes, preferences and conditions .

Labour market participation articles reviewed US and Australian unemployment rates , the lifting of age restrictions for b...