paid parental leave

Deloitte and QBE have each announced changes to their paid parental leave programs specifically designed to ensure men and women share the care.

The latest WGEA data shows that while we might be moving in the right direction the pace of change for women is glacial and there are potholes aplenty.

Medibank introduced a policy this year offering all eligible parents 14 weeks paid parental leave and ditched the ‘primary’ & ‘secondary’ carer labels.

‘Basically my husband and I have the same argument on a four week rotation. It reaches a point where I say ‘I doing everything, you need to do more’.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth will pay superannuation during paid and unpaid parental leave, while offering all staff an extra week’s annual leave.

L’Oréal Australia’s just boosted its impressive paid parental leave offering with the launch of a new stay-in-touch program, with Circle In.

Alexis Ohania put up four billboards to mark his wife Serena Williams’ return to tennis. Now he’s advocating for paid parental leave for all parents.

The motherhood penalty describes the detrimental financial impact that women wear upon having children. Anything that further entrenches it is a problem.

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14 weeks paid leave for ALL new parents? Now that is progress. Medibank’s policy sends a signal to corporate workplaces everywhere.

Melbourne University tax professor Miranda Stewart says the cost of work remains too high for women and the proposed tax cuts won’t help.

Until we seriously consider how fathers can do more at home, mothers will continue to struggle to combine work and family.  And unsurprisingly, many of them, feminists included, will decide they can’t. It’s time for dads to do more.