News & Views ‘Truly exhausting’: It’s time to rethink how we support mothers returning to paid work Mothers need support, affordable childcare, flexible workplaces, and equal opportunities to thrive both at home and work.
Women's Health News Ireland to be one of the first to allow women to pause maternity leave for serious illness Women in Ireland will be allowed to pause their maternity leave for treatment of serious illness once legislation is enacted.
News & Views Why are there toy babies strapped to statues of men around London? Advocates have attached toy babies wrapped in baby slings to statues of men across the UK in a hilarious yet powerful statement to improve the nation’s parental leave policy.
Health More paid maternity leave linked to lower rates of postnatal depression A new study has found that the length of paid maternity leave corresponds to the number of mothers suffering from postnatal depression.
News & Views Balancing work and family has left women feeling more stressed than five years ago: Research Working mothers and carers have never been more stressed finding a work-life balance, new research has uncovered.
Leadership How to approach taking parental leave ‘on your own terms’ It’s this idea of taking parental leave ‘on your own terms’ that Katie Rigg Smith continues to advocate for women in the workplace to do.
News & Views Transparency on parental leave participation would bolster pay gap data The WGEA gender pay gap data is welcome but there are things we should be tracking other than just pay, writes Charlotte Mortlock.
News & Views TelstraSuper offers full-time super payments for part-time employees after parental leave TelstraSuper will boost superannuation payments for its employees who take on part-time roles after returning from parental leave.
News & Views What I learned on parental leave without a baby Parenting is the hardest job in the world for which there is no formal training, writes CEO of The Parenthood, Georgie Dent.
Business This country just saw a record number of fathers taking parental leave Paid parental leave changes in Taiwan to better support gender equality have immediately resulted in an uptick of dads taking leave.
News & Views Hamish Blake, Amar Singh join campaign to push for better parental leave for dads A new campaign has launched calling on the federal government to fund 12 weeks of paid parental leave for fathers and non-birthing parents.
Soapbox Men are increasingly offered paid parental leave so why are they not taking it? The latest data on men taking paid parental leave shows just how significant the issue is.
