working mothers

As child-care centres close in Melbourne, the focus needs to be on what governments can do to cushion the impact on working parents.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority enforced new barriers for women, leaving them to pay for insurance policies they could receive nothing for.

 In the UK, women with children are less likely to be in paid work than men who have children or women who don’t have a family.

With pregnant women and new parents continuing to be discriminated against at work, we wanted to share a reminder on our legal rights, thanks to employment lawyer Alexandra Targett.

Former employees at Australian tech darling Envato have criticised the startup for how it handles mothers returning to work.

Support working mothers has changed continually over the past few decades. Carla Pascoe Leahy, has interviewed successive generations of Australian mothers to find out what worked for them.

In terms of OECD countries, sadly Australia is still far from taking the lead when it comes to supporting pregnant women in the workplace.

According to the Pregnancy and Employment Transitions Survey, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics last week, 27% of women who returned to work following the birth of a child relied on grandparents as their main form of childcare.

Ask any working mum about her secret to success and there’s one common denominator: access to quality and affordable childcare.

Yesterday I read something that had its intended effect.

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon the MamaBake Facebook group by accident.

Most afternoons I phone my 14-year-old son at around 5pm to make sure he is at home and safe, following the bus trip from school.