Jobs 360: Exposing Australia’s work crisis affecting employers and employees

News Corp Australia is launching Jobs 360 – a special investigation bringing experts and workers together to tackle the biggest employment issues facing us right now. SEE THE VIDEO

Millions of Australian workers have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic with many facing an uncertain future as they battle to stay in work or find a new job.

Responding to these unprecedented economic times, News Corp Australia is launching Jobs360 – a special investigation looking at the future of work, advice on helping people find employment and exploring solutions to help combat our national jobs crisis.

Our expert panel fronted by Sky News First Edition anchor Peter Stefanovic and News Corp national personal finance writer Sophie Elsworth will include key industry leaders and employment experts to tackle the biggest issues facing Australian employers and employees right now.

Peter Stefanovic.

Sophie Elsworth.

The pandemic has already claimed the jobs of more than 607,000 private sector employees while at the same time just 19,700 public sectors workers (excluding those on the front line) were hired.

It will also look at those hardest hit including the retail industry, travel operators, hospitality workers and hundreds of thousands of small businesses that have been sent to the wall.

We will examine why many small business owners are too scared to hire staff, and take a look at the employment services sector that critics say is broken.

More than 3.5 million Australians have already been pushed onto JobKeeper but this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Jobs 360 is a new round table discussion series around Australia’s jobs crisis.

The winding back of government subsidies over the next few months is set to create a new wave of Aussies out of work.

Our Jobs360 panel of experts includes Minister Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Senator Michaelia Cash, Australian Retailers Association’s chief executive officer Paul Zahra, Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O’Neil, demographer Bernard Salt, employment adviser Amanda Rose, Council of Small Business Organisations Australia chief executive officer Peter Strong and Flight Centre chief executive Graham Turner.

Senator Michaelia Cash.

Paul Zahra.

Amanda Rose.

Taxi driver Dennis Gouskos.

Michele O'Neil.

Peter Strong.

Bernard Salt.

Graham Turner.

They will discuss the big issues facing Australian employers and employees right now and provide solutions, hints and tips on how to get Aussies back to work as we edge towards 2021.

On Monday October 12 at 8pm AEDT, News Corp will air its Jobs 360 panel discussion online here.

On Tuesday we will highlight some of the solutions our experts are advocating to head off the crisis and point to almost 100,000 jobs region by region to help those looking for a job get back to work.

Originally published as Jobs 360: Exposing Australia’s work crisis affecting employers and employees