1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2009–10  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/06/2010   
   Page tools: Print Print Page  
Contents >> Labour

INTRODUCTION

The information contained in this chapter presents a picture of the labour market in Australia. Unlike other statistics that have a particular economic or social focus, labour statistics cut across both dimensions, and in so doing they provide useful insights into economic and community life in Australia.

This chapter provides a broad overview of the Australian labour market. It briefly describes key labour statistics concepts and measures (e.g. employment, unemployment and labour underutilisation, hours worked, job vacancies, earnings, industrial disputes); highlights the main features of the Australian labour market in 2008-09; examines developments in the Australian labour market over the medium and long-term; and presents more detailed analysis of a number of issues impacting on the Australian labour market.

The chapter contains two articles - Independent Contractors and Interstate Commuters.









This section contains the following subsection :
      Labour market statistics
      Labour force
      Employed people
      Independent contractors (Article)
      Interstate commuters (Article)
      Unemployed people
      Underutilised labour
      Persons not in the labour force
      Earnings
      Workplace relations
      Job vacancies
      Labour Bibliography

Previous PageNext Page