Workin’ 9 to 5, the way for ladies to make a livingWhen it comes to working hours, it’s men who are far more likely to work the night shift. Is it one of the reasons that women earn less?
Working hours
Happy National Sickie Day!
Tomorrow might be the official public holiday, but on 25 January, hundreds of thousands of Australians practise the sacred ancient tradition known as “chucking a sickie”. Why not make it a weekly event? suggest Paul Colgan.
Video of the Day: Why you should take a year off work
Feeling the seven year itch at work? Designer Stefan Sagmeister closes down his design studio for a whole year every seven years, in order to “pursue some little experiments”.
Tired doctors need a complex solution, not simplistic headlines
The debate about long working hours and the vexed issue of extended shifts again has those concerned in a tailspin, writes Professor Drew Dawson.
Political economy: underemployment — what does it mean?
Now its official — a staggering 14% (or so) of Australia’s workforce are unemployed or underemployed, writes Henry Thornton. What a huge waste of resources.
Political snippets: Rudd wins the Plain English Golden Bull award
Richard Farmer looks at why Australians are working fewer hours, gives Kevin Rudd the Plain English Golden Bull award, and predicts the likelihood of an interest rate rise in October.
Do we really need to work 5 days a week?
What effect would a four day working week have on Australians? For starters: reduced emissions, better quality of life and increased efficiency, writes John Davidson.
Map: work hours around the world
Feel like you work too much? Well, according to this map of average world weekly work hours — say that three times! — Australians work less than the Greeks but more than the Dutch.
Waning working hours are cause for concern
Celebrations of Australia’s gravity-defying unemployment rates are premature, says Stephen Long — the erosion of working hours are still cause for concern, and will still hit households where it hurts.
