Posts tagged "Australia’s parental leave polic"

Data shows 2023 has been a game-changing year for paid parental leave in Australia. But it also provides some hints about how stigma and entrenched workplace cultures might be holding men back from taking leave.

Only 12% of those taking employer-paid ‘primary’ carer’s leave are men, according to the latest data for 2022 from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

A new UNICEF report has seen Australia ranked 37 of the 41 richest countries on access to childcare, 34 on the affordability of childcare, and 37 on access to parental leave.