Work/Life Interaction, Skill Development & Utilisation in Australia

The eleventh NILS seminar for 2010 is a presentation by Barbara Pocock (UniSA) that considers how the changing nature of work and its interaction with life beyond work (including unpaid work, care and household and community involvement) affects workers’ participation in vocational education. Factors that affect the skill development and utilisation of low paid workers’ in the aged care, food processing and retail sectors in Australia are examined.

The presentation draws on an Australian survey of employees conducted by the Centre for Work + Life in 2009 and qualitative research recently undertaken in three Australian states.

The presentation will enable discussion about policy options to help increase the skill development and utilisation outcomes of Australian workers in the context of their changing work-life situations.

Social Sciences North (SSN) Building, Level 2, Room 241

Drinks and nibbles will follow

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