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Five questions (and answers) about casual employment

  • Written by Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
Five questions (and answers) about casual employmentIn recent years casual work has been a fairly stable part of the labour market, one that provides a pathway to permanent work.Shutterstock

Right now, it seems as if everyone’s talking about casual work.

Claims about what is (or is not) happening to casual employment are at the fore in debates about working conditions. Claims about what...

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