Parental Leave Equality
Consult Australia Male Champions of Change – Making a Difference to Parental Leave Equality
“Improving the representation of women, and enabling their positive lived experience, is not something we can do alone. It takes an industry approach to attract and empower women in engineering and associated professions.” Peter Chamley Chair, Arup Australasia On 13 August, the Consult Australia Male Champions hosted their annual progress report launch and industry lunch. The…
Read MoreImplementing Progressive Parental Leave Policies – An Interview with Diageo
Diageo have recently placed themselves as firm leaders in the parental leave equality realm, with an updated parental leave policy that offers 26 weeks of paid leave to all new parents. This encompasses anyone that has a new baby, including adoptive or surrogate. Impressively, it is also open to any employee, regardless of their time…
Read More‘It wouldn’t be good for your career’: Why dads need Parental Leave Equality
“The use of parental leave by fathers and male partners in Australia is very low by global standards,” CEO of Parents at Work Emma Walsh says. “We lag [behind] the [rest of the] world on Paid Parental Leave. Not only was Australia one of the last countries to introduce a policy, but we currently offer…
Read MoreNew Parental Leave Policy sets Telstra apart as industry leader
Telstra have firmly placed themselves at the forefront of parental leave equality with the organisation’s new gender-equal policy that was announced in July. The new policy from the telecommunications industry leader has removed the distinction between primary and secondary carers and now offers all eligible parents who has been with Telstra a year or more…
Read MoreDoes gender inequality start in the home? The latest UN Women report says it does
The conversation around gender inequality often finds itself focusing on the workplace or social setting – women in leadership, gender pay gap, glass ceiling are phrases we now strongly associate with gender equality – all focused on fixing the problem in the workplace. Yet a new UN Women’s flagship report, Progress of the World’s Women…
Read MoreAPLEN’s parental leave equality advocacy will support workplace gender equality
Women’s Agenda recently released a new article on the Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network (APLEN) highlighting the importance of parental leave equality advocacy, and the impact that the organisations involved are having as leading examples of family-friendly workplaces. APLEN is a network of organisations established as part of a commitment to lead UN global gender equality…
Read MoreDads want to do more caring but are struggling to make it a reality, says State of the World’s Fathers Report 2019
With Father’s Day approaching in the UK, USA and many other countries on June 16, the release of the latest State of World’s Fathers 2019 Report couldn’t be more timely. Promundo, a leading organisation globally in promoting gender justice and preventing violence, release this report every two years, and this year’s draws on analysis from…
Read MoreProof SMEs can do Parental Leave: an interview with Nikki Beaumont
Many small-to-medium businesses believe that a best practice parental leave scheme is beyond their reach. It’s not financially viable, they can’t afford the employee absence, flexibility may hurt the bottom line – these are a few of the misconceptions holding businesses back from gender-equal, family-friendly policies. But best practice paid parental leave is possible, no…
Read MoreBaker McKenzie breaking ground as first law firm to have gender-equal parental leave
In an industry not known for its family-friendly policies, law firm Baker McKenzie are boldly leading the way when it comes to parental leave. They have recently announced their new gender-neutral scheme, which includes the removal of the definitions of ‘primary carer’ and ‘secondary carer’ from its policy. Furthermore, all eligible employees who welcome a…
Read MoreNew study finds little has changed for fathers working flexibly to ‘share the care’ over the last decade
It may come as no surprise to many, but recent research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has shown that not much changes in a dad’s employment situation even with the shift in family life when children are born – but mothers’ employment changes considerably. The AIFS have today released a media release…
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