Workforce

Community services...These jobs require a human touch, and cannot be automated.

Community services are continually frustrated by short-term funding contracts.

Unemployment, under-employment and stagnant wages are often in the headlines. One solution that is regularly pitched for these issues is

With household debt at a record high, even slight interest rate rises can push family budgets to breaking point. Wages

Funding to develop an Aboriginal treaty, a LGBTI inclusive Victoria and implementing the state's multicultural policy are positive investments to

The 2017 Victorian Budget includes welcome initiatives to stimulate employment growth in new industries and in localities facing disadvantage. It

The Latrobe Valley is again steeling itself for a fight. They’re a resilient bunch, but they can’t do it on

One in ten young Australians are not in education, employment or training. They’re neither “earning” nor “learning”. What if we

Australia’s ageing population and the rollout of the NDIS will turbocharge demand a whole new 'support and care’ workfroce over

If Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree on anything it’s that “jobs of the future” seems like a pretty good

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

A growing number of Victorian workers are facing involuntary job loss due to business closures, downsizing or their particular jobs

The Service Agreement is used as a standard agreement for the contracting of services from the community sector by the

The VCOSS submission to the Victorian inquiry into the labour hire industry and insecure work outlines the nature and effects

The Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee of the Victorian Parliament is inquiring into the portability of long service leave