News & Views Millions spent closing the gender pay gap has been more than worth it Lion spent millions of dollars closing its gender pay gap. Now it’s going one step further on promoting workplace gender equality.
News & Views Lion ups the ante awarding full paid parental leave & extra super contributions to all workers FMCG brand Lion has announced it will offer paid leave to all new parents as well as an additional six weeks’ superannuation.
Leadership Kristina Keneally on the private trauma of stillbirth & the bill she hopes will better support parents Kristina Keneally has lobbied for years to have more companies standardise paid parental leave for those who have lost a child.
Business Why this CEO revolutionised paid parental leave on his first day in the job 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.
Leadership A four-day work week & gender neutral parental leave: Nina Mapson Bone’s meaningful work mission Nina Mapson Bone, Managing Director at Beaumont People, chats about her mission to create a flexible, meaningful workplace on The Leadership Lessons.
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 The inherent sexism in our paid parental leave scheme Starting a family and trying to pursue a career is hard enough, without the government legislating benefits based on presumed gender roles.
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.
Politics Here’s what our budget will look like if the government’s really ‘listening to women’ 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.
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 What I know about making Australia a country that is safe for all women The roadmap to gender equity isn’t final and the joint policy statement isn’t definitive, but we cannot deny solutions exist.
