Best practice tips for HR / DEI to create authentic & effective Leadership and L&D programs

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https://vimeo.com/874616042?share=copy Our CEO, Emma Walsh, was recently interviewed by Human Resources Director about why organisations should look at how inclusive their leadership strategies are and what they can do to improve leadership development in general. The video snapshot above captures some key part of the interview every employer should listen to, also captured below . […]

Lessons from Australia: how family-friendly policies support gender equality

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Published this week in a special edition Essays on Equality: The politics of childcare, from the Global Institute of Women’s Leadership, is Lessons from Australia: how family-friendly policies support gender equality from founder and CEO of Family Friendly Workplaces and Parents At Work Emma Walsh. Chaired by Hon Julia Gillard AC, the publication features a collection of essays […]

Why a family friendly workplace strategy is key for businesses post Covid

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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 […]

WATCH: Work + Family 2.0 – How the healthcare industry is embracing the future juggle

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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 […]

The State of Play: Policy and Systems for Fathers – A Plus Paternal Webinar

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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 […]

RPS – Why investing in being family-friendly makes good business sense

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RPS don’t just say they are a family-friendly workplace; they walk the talk. One of their key organisational principles is ‘stronger together’, and by engaging and involving their people in an inclusive dialogue that normalises family and caring responsibilities, they are creating strong families, strong teams and a strong business. To support with this mission, […]

7 Ways to Support Employees with a ‘Work from Home Plan’ in a Coronavirus World

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With the World Health Organisation declaring the coronavirus crisis as a ‘global pandemic’, it goes without saying the coming months will be challenging for both employers and employees alike as we all grapple with emergency response plans to change the way we work and set up triage work from home plans. That’s not to say […]

Achieving Parental Leave Equality Sydney: Roundtable Discussion Report

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‘Despite the rapid rate in which mothers have returned to the workforce over the past 10 – 20 years, there has been almost zero shift in the percentage of men taking up parental leave or opting to stay at home as the primary carer.’ – Excerpt from Roundtable Discussion Report The first national roundtable discussion […]