Women and Casual Work in South Australia: Dimensions, Experiences and Consequences
Barbara Pockock and Peng Liu, Labour Studies, University of Adelaide
Labour Studies, University of Adelaide
A Report to the Premier's Council for Women
In 2003 30 per cent of all workers in South Australia were employed casually. Full Image (59.14K)
This report falls into three parts. The first reviews the gendered nature of casual work in Australia over the past decade, focusing on analysis of unpublished data. The picture of rising casual employment is obvious. The second part analyses the experience of casual work, going beneath the general quantitative data to consider the lived experience of casual work, and its implications for casual employees, their households and their communities. Finally, in section three, the report considers some policy options that might be considered at state level.
Professor Barbara Pocock (email) website Director: Centre for Work and Life Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies University of South Australia Business: (08) 8302 4194 Mobile: 0414 244 606 Fax: (08) 8302 4776
