Shared Parental Leave
Government Announces New Shared Parental Leave Scheme almost 12 Years after PPL was first introduced
Mums and dads can now access up to 20 weeks to share the care Since the introduction of PPL in 2010, there’s been relatively no movement to the scheme’s cornerstone design (18 weeks for primary carers (women) and later, 2 weeks for secondary carers (dads) whilst internationally PPL standards across other OECD nations have continued…
Read MoreBusiness Leaders Event Launching Kiwi Dads Exhibition for Parental Leave Equality in Auckland Today
Today, Parents At Work officially launched the Kiwi Dads Photograph Exhibition in partnership with Global Women and The Embassy of Sweden. It was another inspiring and thought-provoking event with a range of representatives from all aspects of our community including government and our corporate business community. Exhibited alongside the original and award winning Swedish Dads…
Read MoreQBE makes history as first NZ company with gender-equal, flexible paid parental leave
QBE has placed itself at the forefront of family friend organisations with its new parental leave policy. The company has become the first organisation in New Zealand to adopt a gender-equal, flexible paid parental leave policy, in line with its endeavour to create an inclusive workplace. The new policy, called ‘Share the Care’, removes the…
Read MoreWhy aren’t Australian dads taking parental leave?
We know that Australia is lagging well behind other OECD countries when it comes to fathers’ uptake of parental leave. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency scorecard in 2017, men represented 4.7% of all Australian employees who took primary carers leave. Parents at Work CEO Emma Walsh talked to ABC Radio’s Life Matters program…
Read MoreCicada Innovations – Taking Aussie Dads into a Unique Place
I attended an event run by the incubator Cicada Innovations recently, at which our Aussie Dads photo exhibition featured and set the scene for a new crowd. Cicada is a home to deep tech start-up companies in Australia, supporting science-based innovations from ideation all the way through to incubation. It plays a major role in…
Read MoreRedefining flexibility: Deloitte announces new parental leave changes
Deloitte has reaffirmed themselves as frontrunners in parental leave with new flexible options to their already leading parental leave scheme. Deloitte already offers 18 weeks paid leave to all new parents, regardless of gender. From 2017, Deloitte gave their employees the opportunity to take paid parental leave flexibly. For example, an employee could work three…
Read MoreQBE’s new parental leave initiative makes workplace family-friendly for all parents
“We’re all just parents at the end of the day, and we all get to share that care”. “The child’s needs don’t stop after the first 12 months”. “It allows us the availability for [my partner] to make her own choices.” QBE have announced major changes to their paid parental leave, and their employees…
Read MoreLaunch of APLEN – The Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network
Last month Parents At Work launched APLEN – the Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network – in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), and a number of major corporates, researchers and industry experts. APLEN is the new parental leave equality network that will continue the conversation about creating more gender equal workplaces…
Read MoreAchieving Parental Leave Equality Roundtable – Melbourne
On February 27th 2019, together with Baker McKenzie and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), Parents At Work ran the second Achieving Parental Leave Equality Roundtable session in Melbourne. A diverse group of Australian Corporate Organisations, SMEs, Government organisations and leaders in the Parental Leave Equality space came together to unravel some of the major challenges companies…
Read MoreNEWS TODAY: What’s the link between ‘shared parental leave’ and ‘gender equality’? The UK Government thinks it’s big and today our Government announced a step in the right direction for Australian families
This month, Elysia McCaffrey, the Deputy Head of the UK Government Equalities Office is in Australia touring with Libby Lyon’s Director of Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency. Together they are reflecting on the progress made in Australia over the past five years when it comes to the gender pay gap, and how this compares to what…
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