The rate of “poly-employment”, or workers holding more than one job at the same time, hit a record high of 6.7 per cent in the middle of 2023. This trend has been led by the hospitality industry (7.8 per cent) followed by healthcare (7.2 per cent) and retail (5.6 per cent) as casualisation and job insecurity sees workers hedge their bets rather than quitting.
More Australia n hospitality workers are taking up multiple jobs than ever, with many looking to quit for better-paying gigs to cope with cost-of-living pressures as cafe and restaurant owners contend with mounting operator costs . The rate of “poly-employment”, or workers holding more than one job at the same time, hit a record high of 6.7 per cent in the middle of 2023. This trend has been led by the hospitality industry (7.8 per cent) followed by healthcare (7.2 per cent) and retail (5.
6 per cent) as casualisation and job insecurity sees workers hedge their bets rather than quitting, according to workforce management platform Deputy’s latest employment report. “Poly-employment has always been there since the beginning … but it has risen to probably unprecedented levels. It’s the highest share of poly-employment workers in the labour force since was first measured,” said labour economist and report author Dr Shashi Karunanethy
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