In the Media 2011
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Slimmed down surplus as Swan unveils mid-year budget: experts respond
November 29, 2011
Dr Mike Rafferty, from the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney Business School, provides his opinion of the Federal Government's mid-year budget review.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: The Conversation
Victorian nurses industrial action
November 21, 2011
ABC News 24 TV has interviewed Dr John Buchanan, Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney Business School, about industrial action taken by nurses in Victoria.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: ABC News 24
Stress and family commitments blamed for sickies
November 11, 2011
John Buchanan, director of the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney Business School, has been interviewed by ABC Newcastle regarding workplace anxiety, employee engagement and the reasons why Australian workers take sick days.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: ABC Newcastle
"Qantas is waving the Australian flag ... goodbye"
November 09, 2011
Michael Rafferty, Leading Research Analsyt writes about the implications of the Qantas Dispute.
Staff Member: Michael Rafferty
Publication: The Conversation
A fair go ... or abject failure?
November 02, 2011
The Adelaide Adviser has interviewed Dr John Buchanan, University of Sydney Business School Workplace Research Centre, regarding the Fair Work Act and the Qantas Industrial Relations dispute.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: The Adelaide Adviser
Qantas seeks spirit of independence
October 31, 2011
Dr John Buchanan, director of the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney Business School, has commented on the implications of the Qantas industrial relations dispute on the airline.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: ABC Radio National
Qantas move could spark employer militancy
October 31, 2011
Dr John Buchanan, director of the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney Business School, has been interviewed by AAP on the Qantas industrial relations dispute and Qantas' decision to ground its fleet.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: AAP Newswire
Is infrastructure an answer to volatile super returns?
October 24, 2011
ABC Radio National's PM program has interviewed Dr Mike Rafferty from the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney Business School, who commented that volatile markets in recent years have highlighted flaws in the superannuation system.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: ABC Radio National
Pay rises: the new unlevel playing field
October 10, 2011
The Sydney Morning Herald has interviewed Dr Mike Rafferty from the University of Sydney Business School, Workplace Research Centre, regarding industrial relations in the airline industry, the widening wage gap between industries and the renewed political discussion on work choices.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Men the losers in jobs game
September 09, 2011
Dr John Buchanan, Director of the Workplace Research Centre, has been interviewed by the Australian Financial Review about the relative position of men and women in the workplace. ABC NewsRadio has also interviewed Dr Buchanan.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: Australian Financial Review
Unskilled worker shortage in mining towns
September 09, 2011
ABC NewsRadio has interviewed Workplace Reserach Centre's Senior Research Analyst, Sally Wright, about a trend towards hiring unskilled workers from overseas in Australia's mining towns.
Staff Member: Sally Wright
Publication: ABC NewsRadio
Improving productivity
September 05, 2011
ABC Radio National has interviewed Dr John Buchanan, Director of the Workplace Research Centre, the University of Sydney Business School, about Australia's productivity growth.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: ABC Radio National
Market falls as ANZ chief warns of economic cracks
August 20, 2011
The Saturday Age has interviewed Dr Mike Rafferty from the University of Sydney Business School, Workplace Research Centre, about the Australian jobs market in an article on the uncertainty caused by the global economic situation.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: The Saturday Age
Corporate goliaths hold sway
July 23, 2011
The Sydney Morning Herald has interviewed, Dr Mike Rafferty of the Workplace Research Centre from the University of Sydney Business School, about the make-up of corporate power in Australia.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Work reforms a battle made for Robertson
May 28, 2011
Sydney Morning Herald has interviewed Dr John Buchanan, Director of the University of Sydney Business School's Workplace Research Centre, regarding the NSW Government's industrial reform.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Public-sector wage fight brews as union gears up
May 26, 2011
The Sydney Morning Herald and ABC have interviewd Dr John Buchanan, Director of the University of Sydney Business School's Workplace Research Centre, regarding the NSW Government's industrial reforms.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Work ban hits Patrick docks
May 26, 2011
The Australian Financial Review has interviewed Dr John Buchanan, Director of the Workplace Research Centre, the University of Sydney Business School, regarding Patrick Stevedore's industrial conflict.
Staff Member: John Buchanan
Publication: Australian Financial Review
Danger amid all that dignity when dole bludgers become wage slaves
May 21, 2011
mike Rafferty, a senior fellow at the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney defines a poor-quality job as one that is low on permanency, leave and remuneration but high on stress and montony.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: Weekend Australian
Budget preview panel
May 06, 2011
ANZ's Warren Hogan and University of Sydney's Mike Rafferty in an engaging discussion on what the budget will deliver and also on what it could have delivered but will definitely not.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: Australian Financial Review
Health, community work bad for stress
May 02, 2011
Dr Tobia Fattore and colleague Maja Moensted from the University of Sydney Business School's Workplace Research Centre talk about the studies they conducted and why health workers are overworked, under-resourced and why they have the most stressful jobs in the country.
Staff Member: Tobia Fattore
Publication: Sunday Telegraph
English's low wage comments fall flat
April 11, 2011
Dr Mike Rafferty, Senior Research Analyst from the University of Sydney Business School's Workplace Research Centre, provides his expert view with regards to Finance Minister Bill English's attempt to attract foreign companies to New Zealand on Television New Zealand.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: Television New Zealand
Business slams federal training cuts
February 09, 2011
Dr Michael Rafferty, Senior Research Analyst from the University of Sydney's Centre for Workplace Relations comments on an attempt by Cabinet to cut federal training subsidies.
Staff Member: Michael Rafferty
Publication: Australian Financial Review
Super fees likely to rise
February 09, 2011
Mike Rafferty, senior research analyst at the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney talks about the lack of genuine competition between superannuation funds, and the likelyhood that the introduction of a new default investment option will increase member fees rather than lower them.
Staff Member: Mike Rafferty
Publication: BRW
Unions push for rise in unemployment benefits
February 07, 2011
Unions are pushing for the "clearly inadequate" unemployment benefit to be increased significantly in a bid to improve protections for workers. In a recent article for The Age, Dr Michael Rafferty, Senior Research Analyst at the University of Sydney Workplace Research Centre talks about the almost bipartisan approach to the issue of the low unemployment rates. Rafferty explains that the unemployment payments are not high enough to live off and that eligibility has been made far tighter than previous years.
Staff Member: Michael Rafferty
Publication: The Age