Casualisation of the workforce can be defined as approximately half of the labour force employed as casuals. It can also be defined as people working where they do not have to work any additional hours and at the same time they are able to balance their work and personal lives.
Advantages & Disadvantages Of Casualisation
Casual jobs play a huge role of the employment world and without them hundreds and thousands of people would be facing unemployment. Casualisation has its advantages and disadvantages like most things do. Some of the advantages include: gaining experience which can often lead to several doors opening for a full-time job or the work experience can be great for transitional periods such as during student years. A casual job will help you to pay off a student loan and it lends you a financial hand for extra money while studying. Casual work is convenient if you are choosing to experiment with a job before pursuing it as a career and also if you just need a job to provide income to pay the bills while you are succeeding another career or interest, for example music or art. Being unable to work due to family or health priorities is why most people prefer to work casually and not full-time. The flexibility of casual work is what allows people to work and still have a life; also casualisation leads to reduced travelling time and cost. For example, if you have a casual job and drive to and from work a few days a week, you will be saving petrol money. Whereas, if you have a full-time job and work every single day of the week, you are spending more money on petrol than you would have to if you had a casual job.
Despite all of the advantages that come with casualisation, it still carries out its disadvantages. The disadvantages may include, the lack of job security you are presented with; which also means that you are facing the threat that you may lose your job, be made redundant or be dismissed. If you are considering buying a house with the only income coming from your casual job and you wish to acquire a home loan, you will not be granted one. Also, unlike full-time jobs, on days you take off you will not be paid. You will not receive a range of entitlements (non-wage benefits), for example: long service leave and sick leave. Also being a casual worker means there is little room for promotion and if you are a student on vacation, it may keep you occupied well over your satisfaction.
Casual jobs play a huge role of the employment world and without them hundreds and thousands of people would be facing unemployment. Casualisation has its advantages and disadvantages like most things do. Some of the advantages include: gaining experience which can often lead to several doors opening for a full-time job or the work experience can be great for transitional periods such as during student years. A casual job will help you to pay off a student loan and it lends you a financial hand for extra money while studying. Casual work is convenient if you are choosing to experiment with a job before pursuing it as a career and also if you just need a job to provide income to pay the bills while you are succeeding another career or interest, for example music or art. Being unable to work due to family or health priorities is why most people prefer to work casually and not full-time. The flexibility of casual work is what allows people to work and still have a life; also casualisation leads to reduced travelling time and cost. For example, if you have a casual job and drive to and from work a few days a week, you will be saving petrol money. Whereas, if you have a full-time job and work every single day of the week, you are spending more money on petrol than you would have to if you had a casual job.
Despite all of the advantages that come with casualisation, it still carries out its disadvantages. The disadvantages may include, the lack of job security you are presented with; which also means that you are facing the threat that you may lose your job, be made redundant or be dismissed. If you are considering buying a house with the only income coming from your casual job and you wish to acquire a home loan, you will not be granted one. Also, unlike full-time jobs, on days you take off you will not be paid. You will not receive a range of entitlements (non-wage benefits), for example: long service leave and sick leave. Also being a casual worker means there is little room for promotion and if you are a student on vacation, it may keep you occupied well over your satisfaction.
Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance describes the relationship between your work and the commitments in the rest of your life, and how they impact on one another. Many employees are requesting work arrangements that improve work-life balance. Employers are also recognising the cost savings and benefits of 'family friendly' workplace practices in order to motivate and retain skilled staff. Some work-life balance initiatives include workplace childcare, family leave and home-based work. Australia's national paid parental leave scheme should improve work-life balance for some families. The government- funded scheme commenced in 2011, providing payment for 18 weeks within the first year after the birth of the child.
Work-life balance describes the relationship between your work and the commitments in the rest of your life, and how they impact on one another. Many employees are requesting work arrangements that improve work-life balance. Employers are also recognising the cost savings and benefits of 'family friendly' workplace practices in order to motivate and retain skilled staff. Some work-life balance initiatives include workplace childcare, family leave and home-based work. Australia's national paid parental leave scheme should improve work-life balance for some families. The government- funded scheme commenced in 2011, providing payment for 18 weeks within the first year after the birth of the child.
Casualisation Of Teaching
For many people, casual jobs are the only jobs they can find that are neither transitional nor a lifestyle preference. Comprising roughly around 2.2 million or one in five of all workers in Australia, the casualisation workforce presents a sizeable proportion of the labour force. In Australia, the majority of undergraduate teaching in universities are performed by casual, hourly paid staff. There are 45,000 extra teachers in NSW than there are jobs, therefore leaving teachers with no other option than casual teaching. Back in 2012 when Barry O'Farrell was making state government cuts to public education, teachers stopped working for two hours on May 18th to protest against this. The state government wanted to take the responsibilities of resourcing and staffing school from the education department and give it to principals. This plan was often called "devolution". At the core of this government cost-cutting drive was the creation of a cheaper teaching workforce through casualisation; this has been the case both interstate and internationally where devolution schemes that are quite similar have been applied. High levels of casualisation exist in the US and England where devolution has been applied. Around 20,000 NSW teachers are being expected to retire within the next five years and the O'Farrell government plans to fill these permanent positions with a cheaper temporary workforce that is less able to defend student-learning conditions and assert their industrial rights for fear of dismissal.
For many people, casual jobs are the only jobs they can find that are neither transitional nor a lifestyle preference. Comprising roughly around 2.2 million or one in five of all workers in Australia, the casualisation workforce presents a sizeable proportion of the labour force. In Australia, the majority of undergraduate teaching in universities are performed by casual, hourly paid staff. There are 45,000 extra teachers in NSW than there are jobs, therefore leaving teachers with no other option than casual teaching. Back in 2012 when Barry O'Farrell was making state government cuts to public education, teachers stopped working for two hours on May 18th to protest against this. The state government wanted to take the responsibilities of resourcing and staffing school from the education department and give it to principals. This plan was often called "devolution". At the core of this government cost-cutting drive was the creation of a cheaper teaching workforce through casualisation; this has been the case both interstate and internationally where devolution schemes that are quite similar have been applied. High levels of casualisation exist in the US and England where devolution has been applied. Around 20,000 NSW teachers are being expected to retire within the next five years and the O'Farrell government plans to fill these permanent positions with a cheaper temporary workforce that is less able to defend student-learning conditions and assert their industrial rights for fear of dismissal.