Australia's latest labour force numbers paint a glowing picture, with employment and hours worked at record highs
But this doesn't give the full picture of workforce realities
Looking closer, it's Healthcare & Social Assistance fuelling this job growth
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This is unsurprising, given we're in a pandemic.
But it's worrying, because we know workers in this industry are being pushed to the brink.
Soaring growth in Healthcare & Social Assistance jobs includes almost 12,000 more workers who are now clocking up 50+ hours weekly
Shortfalls in the workforce capacity of Australia's Healthcare & Social Assistance sector is illustrated in job vacancy numbers.
The sector is currently battling a pandemic with 60,000 unfilled vacancies.
That's more than double pre-pandemic levels.
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These challenges sit within the broader issue of this workforce not being adequately remunerated, valued and recognised for their importance to begin with.
Average #earnings in Healthcare & Social Assistance remain below the workforce-wide average.
Economic logic prescribes that, when you need more of something (say, more #healthcare workers to fulfil critical job vacancies and deliver the essential services you are responsible for), you should pay them more and avoid pushing your existing workers to the brink.
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If economic logic isn't enough to convince governments to invest more in our care workforce, we can only assume that something else must stand in the way.
The gender composition of this workforce might have something to do with it.
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