paid parental leave

On his first day in the job as CEO of KPMG, Andrew Yates made a powerful announcement about the firm’s leave policies that would make national headlines.

Nina Mapson Bone, Managing Director at Beaumont People, chats about her mission to create a flexible, meaningful workplace on The Leadership Lessons.

Andrew Yates announced the new policy for KPMG on day one of his new role at the helm of the firm in Australia.

Starting a family and trying to pursue a career is hard enough, without the government legislating benefits based on presumed gender roles.

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.

Eight months ago, Richenda stepped away from her business to have her baby and promoted herself to House Manager.

Up till now, the government has failed to deliver meaningful reform for women. But if its serious about change, the budget won’t fall short.

Our paid parental leave system encourages ‘primary carers’, who usually then are female, and pick up the slack for years. We can fix this.

The roadmap to gender equity isn’t final and the joint policy statement isn’t definitive, but we cannot deny solutions exist.

Furniture and homewares retailer Brosa has rolled out a new paid parental leave policy for both primary and secondary caregivers.

The Business Council of Australia is calling on the federal government to improve childcare and paid parental leave for families.

NSW public sector employees will soon be eligible for 14 weeks paid parental leave in the first year of their child’s life.