Posts tagged "family violence"

Small businesses across Australia now have less than two weeks to prepare for new paid domestic violence leave entitlements, which provide employees up to ten paid days off across a twelve-month period.

Millions of Australian may soon have access to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave a year, after the Fair Work Commission gave provisional backing to the new entitlement.

Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Linda Burney has introduced a private members’ bill to parliament, calling for ten days paid domestic and family violence leave.

WHS guidelines are being tested as employers move more of their employees to remote working arrangements to keep them safe.

Given large companies inevitably employ both the victims and perpetrators of domestic and family violence, they have a responsibility to pla…