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Maintaining the ties that bind – Building an engaged and motivated workforce for remote and hybrid teams
As we look to turn the page on pandemic lockdowns, the REwork APAC summit brought together experts from Australia and Asia to explore the new frontier of the future of work, specificially on how employees and organisations will adapt their ways of working, the use of office space, how teams can adapt to hybrid working…
Read MoreWhy a family friendly workplace strategy is key for businesses post Covid
There is one thing all employees have in common – a ‘life’ outside of work. No matter how you define ‘family’, we all have a variety of needs and commitments we must juggle outside of work – effectively, we all belong to a family who have expectations of us. Never before has work and family…
Read MoreUpcoming Webinar: Striking the Balance Between Career & Family | An International Women’s Day event
This International Women’s Day Parents At Work is hosting an exclusive international webinar about how employers can support their female employees to strike a balance between career and family in order to improve the health of their people as well as gender equality within their workplace. This will be in line with the UN Women’s theme…
Read MoreSupporting Employees Through Perinatal Anxiety and Depression
Depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the first year of parenting (the perinatal period) affects around 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers. That is almost 100,000 parents in Australia each year. Many of these parents continue their everyday life, including their employment, with those around them unaware of their suffering. This year, the Perinatal Anxiety…
Read MoreDo family friendly workplace policies really deliver a return on investment?
We’ve long heard from HR and business performance experts that when an organisation invests in their people, the business benefits. Ask any business that has been recognised as an ‘employer of choice’ and the likely response is ‘give people a great place to work and they will want to stay employed with us’. Is this…
Read MoreWATCH: Work + Family 2.0 – How the healthcare industry is embracing the future juggle
Supporting employees manage Work and Caring responsibilities has never been more critical, particularly for the medical and healthcare sector. How are organisations responding? What family-friendly workplace policies and approaches are needed to help employees and leaders adapt to the new ways of working and balancing family needs? This webinar expands on the work UNICEF and…
Read MoreThe State of Play: Policy and Systems for Fathers – A Plus Paternal Webinar
What does a universal pathway for men look like as they become fathers and on goingly as they integrate parenthood with work commitments? Recently our Chief Services Officer, Kiri Stejko, joined a panel of experts on a Plus Paternal Webinar to talk about how we can support men to be a bigger part of the…
Read MoreWelcome AstraZeneca – Supporting Employees with Family and Carer Responsibilities
AstraZeneca have recently launched the “Work, Carer’s & Family Program” to their employees across Australia and New Zealand. AstraZeneca is dedicated to fostering a great place to work and one which cultivates an inclusive and diverse culture for employees. The scope and depth of resources available via the Parents At Work Hub, significantly supports this commitment. ‘At AstraZeneca, we greatly value our employees and the contribution they make to the…
Read MoreLeading agencies unite to release new recommendations for workplaces to support the wellbeing of families
Australia’s leading agencies dedicated to supporting families have joined forces to highlight the important need for the business community to understand and respond to the real challenges facing working families through the COVID 19 crisis and beyond – to help them ‘bounce back’ to build a stronger, more sustainable way of working and caring for…
Read MoreWarm Welcome to Optus as our Latest Family-Friendly Employer
Parents At Work are thrilled to welcome our newest Employer Member Optus to our growing number of family-friendly organisations. Optus are committed to providing a family-friendly workplace environment for all of their employees, and Parents At Work are excited to support them in this journey. “Optus knows that every family is different and can be…
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