Policy and Procedure
WATCH: 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 MoreRPS – Why investing in being family-friendly makes good business sense
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,…
Read MoreShare your COVID-19 Experience: National survey to capture Australia’s home truths and shape policy
CALLING ALL AUSTRALIANS: SHARE YOUR COVID-19 EXPERIENCE National survey to capture Australia’s home truths and shape policy A new survey from the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) is calling on every Australian to share the experience of COVID-19 for them and their family as we look forward towards recovery. The Families in Australia: Life…
Read More7 Ways to Support Employees with a ‘Work from Home Plan’ in a Coronavirus World
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…
Read MoreFour family-friendly policies workplaces need, says UNICEF
We know that family-friendly workplace policies have a far-reaching impact. From the employees who use them, to the organisations that implement them, and the families that they positively affect, when parents and carers feel supported in their workplace to be able to balance the pressures and needs of both their career and home life, then…
Read MoreWhy Norton Rose Fulbright is Making Parental Leave for Men Easier than Ever
How law firms can embrace being family-friendly There’s no doubt that for many of those who pursue a career in law it has often meant having to make a choice between investing in work over family life – and the impact of this choice differs starkly by gender. For men, it usually means sacrificing family…
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 MoreFirst National Working Families Survey Launched by Australian CEOs
Supporting Working Parents & Carers for Workplaces of the Future PRESS RELEASE July 4, 2019 A national study is being launched this month asking working parents and carers across Australia to provide feedback on how workplaces could be made more family friendly and gender equal when it comes to sharing the caring load. Parenting education…
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…
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