News & Views Paid parental leave for grandparents? Sweden has just introduced the world-first policy In Sweden, grandparents can now receive paid parental leave for proving caregiving to their grandchildren.
News & Views UN extends its paid parental leave to 26 weeks for birth mothers U.N extend their parental leave policy to give all parents 16 weeks paid leave — regardless of gender. Birth mothers have additional 10 weeks
News & Views The wait for world-leading paid parental leave is far from over Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s push to extend paid parental leave (PPL) and incorporate “use it or lose it” provisions to encourage fathers to take parental leave, should be commended.
News & Views No more ‘secondary’ and ‘primary’ carers in NSW Government as new leave policy launched A huge number of workers across NSW will benefit from the “primary” and “secondary” carer labels being dumped
Employers Acceptable not just available: How flexible work and paid parental leave policies support gender equity at work Plenty of employers have great flexible work policies, but how many actually push to ensure it’s seen as acceptable?
News & Views KPMG boosts Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks regardless of ‘primary’ carer status & tenure Andrew Yates announced the new policy for KPMG on day one of his new role at the helm of the firm in Australia.
News & Views Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme only entrenches negative gender stereotypes A new study has claimed that in the last ten years, almost all paid parental leave under the role of ‘primary carer’ has been taken by women.
News & Views I went from CEO to House Manager and back again as my husband took over Eight months ago, Richenda stepped away from her business to have her baby and promoted herself to House Manager.
News & Views The ‘women’s budget’ is still yet to drop. But we already know it won’t tackle one of the ‘defining gender equality issues of our time’ Our paid parental leave system encourages ‘primary carers’, who usually then are female, and pick up the slack for years. We can fix this.
News & Views A silver bullet for women? The case for universal child care explored The Parenthood and Thrive by Five teamed up with Women’s Agenda to explore why radically reforming child care is important for us all.
Employers Removing the ‘secondary’ carer label sees fourfold increase in dads taking parental leave at ING It’s 14 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents at ING, regardless of whether you are the ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ carer
News & Views Struggling with the juggle? Majority of working parents report difficulties managing their health But working mothers report more stress and tension than working fathers, as this snapshot of 6000 working parents by Parents At Work finds.
