Health Emma Walsh: the impact of caring responsibilities on women’s health – and how workplaces can help Parents in Australia have never been more stressed – and it’s women’s health that is being impacted the most.
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.
Employers Leadership culture ‘makes or breaks’ even the most generous workplace policies It’s fair to say that even employers who offer great parental leave policies aren’t immune from instances of overt and covert caring discrimination.
Partner Content Planning a career around having a baby? Family friendly workplaces are key Workplaces around the country are realising that staff need to feel empowered both at home and work with family friendly workplace policies.
Partner Content Long live the office? The future for flexible work as the work from home era changes More employers are issuing rules on the future of working from home. So what next for the office, and how will employers support flexibility?
Employers Can Australia accelerate the take up of men sharing parental leave? To achieve paid-parental leave equality and see the benefits of parents better sharing care loads, it will take both the government, and employers, to seriously invest in funding, advocacy and education to shift the current status-quo.
Employers Why all employers committed to families should back The Voice to Parliament To be clear, I believe in a fair, equitable and inclusive Australia for all. For me, that means supporting a Voice to Parliament as a pathway to help achieve this for First Nations People.
News & Views The vital push for a “right to disconnect” in blueprint for workers with caring responsibilities Australia has a significant opportunity to modernise how we combine work and care. Now a landmark Senate report provides a roadmap on how to get there.
News & Views Can policymakers deliver 52 weeks of paid parental leave by 2030 and make caregiving a national priority? After 12 years since its introduction, policymakers have the chance to reform Paid Parental Leave (PPL) within its grasp to finally bring Australia’s scheme into line with the OECD average, but we need a greater sense of urgency.
News & Views Advocates push for greater ambition of parental leave at Senate inquiry Advocates for parents appeared before a Senate Committee Inquiry on Monday, urging the government to lift its ambition on paid parental leave.
News & Views The ‘investment’ over ‘deficit’ of paid parental leave – is Australia family-friendly enough? The Albanese Government has been swift in communicating its intent to shift the dial by increasing the number of paid weeks offered, lifting the eligibility cap, making it more flexible and removing references to primary and secondary carer labels that encourage both parents to participate in taking the leave, but is it enough?
Employers How family-friendly employers are thinking about what it means to ‘care’ Leaders across industries addressed the Work&Care Summit, hosted by Family Friendly Workplaces (FFW), to discuss how the businesses are rethinking care.
