Posts tagged "paid parental leave scheme"

The Albanese government has announced an additional six weeks will be added to Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme, giving parents a total of six months of total leave payable.

The Morrison government has promised to make the paid parental leave scheme “fairer” for more Australian families by introducing more flexibility to the system and expanding the eligibility criteria. 

The Australian government has not made 2020 easy for working mothers, as it has led us carelessly into a pink recession.

The number of male ING employees taking more than two weeks’ parental leave has increased fourfold since August 2019.

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.

Entrepreneur Amber Brodecky shares her own story of attempting to balance executive leadership, motherhood and a modern-day dream.

Despite longstanding laws prohibiting return-to-work discrimination, reports have found it’s pervasive. So here’s what not to do and not to ask.

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.

Opposition to the government’s proposed paid parental leave scheme appears to be growing from within the Coalition’s own ranks, followin…

Budget day is looming and all the signs are there isn’t going to be much in this year’s budget for business owners. SmartCompany has sp…

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s controversial paid parental leave scheme has hit another stumbling block this week with the revelation that t…

The Coalition government’s new paid parental leave scheme could override existing parental leave contracts employers have with their staff…