How to help your staff return to work following parental leave
Here are seven ways to attract talent during the transition to parenthood, and retain talent following parental leave.
Cube Group’s paid parental leave shows size shouldn’t matter when supporting staff
Business size should not be used as an excuse for failing to provide a great workplace culture and inclusive policies to support staff, according to Cube Group founder Ben Schramm.
UNICEF report reveals Australia is falling behind on childcare affordability
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.
Walk the walk: Why Reddit’s co-founder wants male executives to starting taking parental leave
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has long been an advocate for better paid parental leave policy in the US.
“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.
‘Can we rely on you?’: What not to say to mothers returning to work
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.
‘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.