Posts Tagged ‘ParentalLeaveEquality’
Triple paid parental leave and give Dads the financial incentive to actually use it
The call from unions to significantly increase paid parental leave is the kind of big, bold action Australia needs for creating a more family friendly economy that truly values care. This week the Australian Council of Trade Unions released a policy paper calling for paid parental leave to be increased to 52 weeks by the…
Read MoreHow progressive employers are supporting new parents to navigate the highs and lows
When work and parenthood collide, undeniably, sparks will fly. The two paradigms of career and family have often been seen as connected, yet still separate parts of our lives, very much with their own agendas. When those agendas cross over – we call it ‘the juggle’ zone. With the rise of smart technology and throw in…
Read MoreGovernment 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 MoreHow Family Friendly Workplaces can break the ‘caring’ bias for women and families; IWD 2022
This years theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is #breakthebias – what is your organisation doing to contribute to this? “It’s been almost 12 months since UNICEF Australia and Parents At Work, alongside 23 founding and supporting partner organisations, united together to develop a set of National Work + Family Standards to encourage workplaces…
Read MoreImpressive 300% Increase in Men Taking Parental Leave with QBE’s New Gender-Equal Policy
In March 2019, QBE launched their paid parental leave initiative ‘Share the Care’. This new policy eliminated the gendered terms of “primary” and “secondary” carer, and instead offered its existing 12-weeks paid parental leave to every new parent – acknowledging the important roles all parents play within a working family. In the new policy employees…
Read More‘A change in attitude and a change in language’ – ABC interview on making Australia’s Paid Parental Leave scheme better
In an interview with ABC Radio’s Jonathan Gould, Emma Walsh, CEO of Parents At Work, shared her thoughts on the current Paid Parental Leave Scheme in Australia, and what government and employers can be doing better. Emma discusses the recent National Working Families Report results, which found that men are still facing barriers when it…
Read MoreGender-Equal Parental Leave in Action – A Professional Couple’s Perspective
It’s not often you get to hear from a professional couple who have both taken parental leave. In this special podcast we interview Michael Brosnan, Manager at Deloitte, and Annaliese Van Riet, People and Culture Leader, about their experience of becoming new parents and how Deloitte’s parental policies have made achieving a balance between work…
Read MoreCounting the Cost of Work-Family Conflict in Workplaces: Review of the National Working Families Report Launch
“It’s obvious that we are not shifting fast enough on tackling work-family conflict and it’s costing our Nation greatly. It comes at a cost to women’s wellbeing, their career progression and pay equity. It comes at a cost to men’s wellbeing, who continue to feel the burden of being the primary breadwinner and are often…
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 MoreLiberating Men From Boardrooms to Playgrounds – Why we need an urgent rethink on parental leave in Australia
The ‘maternity leave’ debate is alive and kicking almost ten years on since the introduction of the government’s first paid parental leave scheme. But this time, it’s not about mums taking leave – it’s about dads. And rightly so. ABC journalist, presenter and author of ‘The Wife Drought’, Annabel Crabb, recently published her Quarterly Essay,…
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