Getting work, keeping work, losing work, retiring, running a business, workplace rights, super.
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Getting work, keeping work, losing work, retiring, running a business, workplace rights, super.
Why it matters: Work is the main source of income, identity and time-pressure for most citizens — and the place where many cohort gaps are most measurable. The disability employment-participation gap is ~50 points. Migrant qualifications underutilisation costs ~$10B/yr. Carers' lost super is the single largest driver of the women's super gap.
| Cohort | What changes |
|---|---|
| Average | Lost super across jobs; unpaid overtime norm; childcare-vs-work trade-offs |
| First Nations | CDP failure mode; resume-name discrimination; thin career ladders |
| Immigrants | Qualifications not recognised; visa-tied employer abuse; wage theft |
| Veterans | Civilian-skills translation gap; transition timeline too short |
| Disability | Workforce-participation gap; reasonable adjustments under-delivered |
| Children & youth | Junior wage rates; sham contracting; pay theft |
| Parents & carers | Motherhood penalty; part-time trap; super gap |