Women, work and industrial relations in Australia in 2021

Bibliographic Data

ID21349200
AuthorsTalara Lee (0000-0002-6985-4747, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia, corresponding author), Laura Good (0000-0002-3393-1544, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia), Briony Lipton (0000-0002-9808-6046, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia), Rae Cooper (0000-0002-6964-3085, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia)
Year2022
Volume64
Issue3
Pages347-361
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Industrial Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1856 • E-ISSN: 1472-9296
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00221856221099624
OpenAlexW4280626342
LanguageEN
References cited11

The year 2021 has been momentous for women at work in Australia. Two key themes loom large: first, the highly gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paid and unpaid work, and second, the ongoing crisis of persistent gender-based disrespect and violence in Australian workplaces. Both have prompted escalating demands for change to provide women with better jobs, improve the balance between work and care, and ensure more respect at work. This article examines these issues, briefly analyses the 2021–22 Federal Budget and parental leave policy in Australia a decade after a national scheme commenced, and foreshadows several issues on women and work to watch in 2022

Balance (ability) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Economics · LOOM · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Unpaid work · Work (physics) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Public Administration