All posts by Leon Salter
Home support work in NZ is already insecure and underpaid – automation may only make it worse
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The number of number of people aged 65 years or older living in New Zealand is likely to hit one million by 2028, according to the latest statistics – up from under 300,000 in 1980. Caring for this…
For many NZ scholars, the old career paths are broken. Our survey shows the reality for this new ‘academic precariat’
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. As in many Western countries, New Zealand’s universities have become increasingly reliant on casual and temporary employees to run classes and undertake research. The situation is becoming critical, both for young academics themselves and for the country in…
Voiceless and vulnerable, NZ’s gig workers faced more risk with fewer protections during the pandemic
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Largely overlooked in the recent easing of COVID restrictions has been the unequal impact on marginalised groups such as gig workers. While for much of the past two years there was a sense of collective risk mitigation by…