Underutilisation rife as part-time employment hits record high

Monday, 7 May 2018

The latest Roy Morgan Research (RMR) unemployment estimate for April registered a 0.2% increase in the unemployment rate over the month (to 9.1%) but a 0.2% decline over the year, with all jobs growth part-time:

Below are the key points from the release:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.