As the UK’s Business Minister Andrew Griffiths has been promoting shared parental leave through the government’s ‘Share the Joy‘ campaign. Parents in Britain are entitled to sh…
Melinda Gates: We’re sending our daughters into workplaces designed for dads
The headline on Melinda Gates’ op-ed about women and work, published on LinkedIn last week, says it all: We’re sending our daughters into workplaces designed for dads. It is so simple but …
The photos that capture the magic of Sweden’s family friendly policies
Can you imagine being paid 80% of your salary for nine months after having a child? Can you now imagine your partner also being paid 80% of his or her salary for the second nine months of that child’s…
How Australia completely missed the point about “women as a drain on the economy”.
Last week, apparently, the OECD published a “provocative report” claiming “stay at home mums are a drain on the economy”, imploring them to return to work. That’s not what the report actually sa…
Is this the winning compromise on paid parental leave?
The government is looking at boosting paid parental leave from 18 to 20 weeks. The news was reported yesterday by News Corp’s National Political Editor on Sunday, Samantha Maiden, and represents a pot…
The perils of means-testing paid parental leave
The Coalition Government wants to save $1.2 billion by cutting the government parental leave payments going to new parents who have access to employer schemes. Many working women are offended at being…
Nick Xenophon: A greater threat to paid parental leave than Scott Morrison?
Earlier this week, Independent senator Nick Xenophon and his team effectively stymied the government’s plan to begin reduced paid parental leave payments from 1 January 2017. While that represents a b…
The worst bit about the PPL backflip? Voters love it
When Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey announced an end to two sets of maternity leave payments for “double dipping” mothers, it almost seemed wise to stay quiet. Abbott and his ministe…
And the winner is…
Tony Abbott is set to become Australia’s next Prime Minister after leading the Coalition to a resounding victory at the ballot box. The results weren’t as dire for Labor as they might have…
Paid parental leave debate puts women against women
During a recent interview with Ann Sherry, who is arguably the architect of paid maternity leave in corporate Australia, she expressed her disappointment that the government paid parental leave debate…
