Posts Tagged ‘ShareTheCare’
Studies show women still doing more unpaid work – but we can learn from the families who ‘share the care’
While men are now doing more housework than they’ve ever done before, studies are showing that the majority of the unpaid work is still falling to women. The latest results from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (or HILDA – a nationally representative longitudinal study of Australian households), show that men did an…
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 MoreDads want to do more caring but are struggling to make it a reality, says State of the World’s Fathers Report 2019
With Father’s Day approaching in the UK, USA and many other countries on June 16, the release of the latest State of World’s Fathers 2019 Report couldn’t be more timely. Promundo, a leading organisation globally in promoting gender justice and preventing violence, release this report every two years, and this year’s draws on analysis from…
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 MoreBaker McKenzie breaking ground as first law firm to have gender-equal parental leave
In an industry not known for its family-friendly policies, law firm Baker McKenzie are boldly leading the way when it comes to parental leave. They have recently announced their new gender-neutral scheme, which includes the removal of the definitions of ‘primary carer’ and ‘secondary carer’ from its policy. Furthermore, all eligible employees who welcome a…
Read MoreDads overcoming the barriers in the workplace to taking parental leave
Research conducted by an advocacy group for working parents found 53 per cent of fathers felt their workplace was not supportive of them taking parental leave. Why is this? A new ABC article takes a look at the reasons behind men’s low uptake of parental leave – including the few leave options available to men 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…
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