Every Thursday, single mum Mandy Adams works for 14 hours but is only paid for eight of them. A Deloitte report finds women in Victoria spend 13.8 more hours a week on unpaid work and care than ...

It found that if the total economy includes a conservative estimate of the value of unpaid childcare work then, in 2011 terms, it is a $345 billion sector, making it almost three times bigger than ...

When the Gillard Labor government’s Fair Work Ombudsman released a report during February on the growth of unpaid work in Australia, media outlets presented it as a “crackdown” on employers ...

Whilst unpaid work hours fell by 2 per cent for both women and men in 2022, the amount of paid work increased for both genders based on the 2022 HILDA data. ‘Making men more like women’ ...

Making paid and unpaid care work visible and valuable while engaging men in the fight to value care in the U.S. and other countries can foster human well-being, build a stronger social network ...

A report by the McKell Institute, commissioned by superannuation fund HESTA, calls on the federal government to recognise unpaid work’s economic contribution, measure it, and provide mental and ...

In her paean to the virtues and benefits of paid work, Prime Minister Julia Gillard fails to acknowledge the complex intersections of paid and unpaid work in social and individual well being. Good ...

A report from Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman calls for greater oversight of unpaid internships. Unpaid labor is on the rise in Australia, according to a new report commissioned by the Australian ...

Women’s shift into paid employment in the 20th century was one of the great economic transformations in recent history. Families began buying goods such as convenience foods, vacuum cleaners and ...