Want to boost the economy? Link parental leave payments to prior earnings
Increasing the rate of paid parental leave so it is tied to prior earnings could lead to better and fairer outcomes for Australian families.
Peter Strong: The government’s paid parental leave system encourages small businesses to break the law
Former CEO of COSBOA Peter Strong explains why, in his opinion, the paid parental leave payment process, is unnecessarily complicated.
Sharing caring: Why more Australian men need to opt for parental 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.
Paypa Plane shows how startups can embrace paid parental leave equality
The parental leave policy removes the “primary” and “secondary” labels that can too often be applied to parents from employers and governments.
How small businesses can support new and expectant parents in three simple ways
One of the biggest ways you can support expectant and new parents in your business is to build a culture that puts their wellbeing front and centre. Best of all? It doesn’t cost a cent!
Advocates push the envelope on paid parental leave before Senate inquiry
Advocates for parents and families appeared before a Senate Committee Inquiry on Monday, urging the government to lift its ambition on paid parental leave and look at extending it to 52 weeks by 2030.
Fourfold increase in parental leave uptake by dads after ING ditches ‘secondary’ carer label
The number of male ING employees taking more than two weeks’ parental leave has increased fourfold since August 2019.
“Not doing this would be silly”: ING ditches ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ labels and adopts equal paid parental leave
ING is the first Australian bank to give all parents equal access to 14 weeks' paid leave, removing ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ labels in the process.
After taking 16 weeks paternity leave, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian wants to start a movement
Alexis Ohanian wants dads to feel empowered to help care for their families following the birth or adoption of a new child.
Amber Brodecky left a dream executive role to take back control of her home life — and ended up founding her own business
Entrepreneur Amber Brodecky shares her own story of attempting to balance executive leadership, motherhood and a modern-day dream.
‘You’ll go bankrupt!’: How this small-business owner defied critics to introduce gender-neutral, paid parental leave
Most of Nikki Beaumont’s employees are women, so she didn’t think paid parental leave was feasible for her small business — until she crunched the numbers.
Why Envato thinks the Aussie tech sector is “lagging behind” when it comes to parental leave policies
One of Australia’s largest and most profitable tech success stories Envato has recently revamped its parental leave policies.
