The Reality of Sole Parenting as a Single Dad: The Joys, Challenges and All The In Between with Michael Ray
In 2013 Michael Ray found himself in a position not too many men experience. This was the year he became the sole parent of his two-year-old daughter Charlie. A few years later Michael and Charlie were in the media after Michael was told he couldn’t assist his daughter backstage at her ballet concert. This made […]
Could a simple ‘no’ be the key to women’s health and wellbeing?
National statistics tell us that the top four killers of women in Australia are dementia, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (which includes stroke) and lung cancer. Ask working women what they are concerned about, however, and there is little talk of heart attacks or stroke. Instead, it is the day-to-day battle with exhaustion and overwhelm that […]
In Celebration of All Families: The Wear It Purple Way
Parents At Work embrace families of all shapes and size – whatever race, relationship status or gender preference there are no barriers to embracing the richness that a loving connection with family brings. Today we bring you two perspectives from two different family members of a rainbow family. The first is mother of a gay […]
Up close and personal with Ashley Scott of Rainbow Families
This month the Parents At Work team reached out to Ashley Scott, Executive Director at Rainbow Families. We asked Ashley about his experience being a working father in a same sex marriage, how his family came about and some of the things he witnesses in his work where rainbow families still experience discrimination, in the […]
Kellogg’s launches new Work + Family Hub, Family Konnect with Parents At Work
As a company, Kellogg’s is very passionate about creating a workplace culture that allows their people to ‘bring their best self to work’. They understand that no two people are the same and that we all have our own unique needs when it comes to balancing work and family life. They also understand that the […]
March 2021: International Women’s Day Event: Women in Leadership: Achieving a gender equal future in 2021
Parents At Work in collaboration with Lion, The Grattan Institute and Women’s Agenda kicked of our International Women’s Day 2021 event with a focus on how we reset public and private sector policy to help families ‘strike the balance between career & family’ post pandemic. Our CEO, Emma Walsh hosted a panel discussion with Danielle […]
Employer News: Parents At Work proudly launches partnership with leading child care provider KidsCo
Parents At Work are thrilled to announce that we have exclusively partnered with KidsCo Australia to help organisations lead the way in the ‘new world of work’. In light of the changes Covid-19 brought to us in 2020, the demand for easily accessible child care solutions has escalated for working families across Australia. With the […]
WATCH in 10: What’s it like for new parents returning to work and managing the juggle in COVID times?
A few weeks ago the Ready Together team – Janine and Gen – spoke with our CEO, Emma Walsh about work and parenting. Specifically they looked at how things are changing in the current economic/health climate and how important it is for new parents to stay in touch with their employer to communicate how they […]
Achieving Parental Leave Equality Sydney: Roundtable Discussion Report
‘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 […]
Business leaders gather at Sydney Opera House for a nation-first discussion on parental leave equality
“The critical goal is to increase the number of men taking primary parental leave without fear of discrimination or adverse career consequences” Emma Walsh, CEO, Parents At Work There was a pretty special feeling inside the Sydney Opera House, as these corporate, high-profile businessmen sat on stage and spoke about parental leave- partly as employers […]
