myAIPMDuring 2020-21, the COVID pandemic has impacted workforces and workplaces in Australia, with changes to working conditions, employment patterns as well as a focus on health and wellbeing policies. This report captures data from the aftermath of the first wave of COVID in 2020, up to the time just before the second wave hit in mid-2021. During this time there were signs of economic and employment recovery in all states with the exception of Victoria. The 2020-21 data shows that industries and occupations, as well as working patterns, continue to be highly gender segregated. Women bore some of the greatest impacts during the pandemic, with high concentrations of women in industries such as retail. Front-line employees – teachers, nurses, and shop assistants – are predominantly women accounting for approximately 60% of these workforces. Women also dominate precarious employment, comprising 57% of the casual workforce.
Read the report from this link.