Have hybrid work, parental leave and the right to disconnect helped working parents?
While talk of workplaces becoming more “family-friendly” is heard across the public and private sectors, it’s essential to learn just how well all the rhetoric matches the reality for working parents and carers.
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!
CEO video goes viral with potshots at ‘quiet quitting’ workers and breadwinning mothers
Another day in business, another viral CEO spray. This time it was James Clarke, CEO at Clearlink, the digital marketing and technology firm.
Texts accusing employee of “collecting salary while sitting on your ass” reflects wider lack of respect for working mothers
When a new mother returned from parental leave to her law firm, she received the comments from a male colleague, who also went on to call out the woman’s “character”.
Employment, work hours and wage rate driving a “motherhood penalty” for women, says Treasury
A federal Treasury paper published last week said women get a “motherhood penalty” — their earnings are reduced by more than half for the first five years of being a parent.
Why we need to change our assumptions about part-time work
Part-time work has the potential to change lives. Done well, it can drive hugely positive outcomes for individuals, families, workplaces and society. Yet most people and organisations don’t realise its power.
How becoming a mother changed my brain and made me better at business
Forget the myth of 'baby brain'. Julia Jones says motherhood has made her better at business. Here are the reasons why.
Women ‘doing it all’ is a myth. It’s time for business and government to step up and help
It’s time we recognise the notion of women ‘doing it all on our own’ for what it is. A myth. An impossible fiction that's damaging to women’s identities and demeaning to our value.
How this campaign is using $876,000 bottles of hand cream to help working mothers
The hand cream campaign will urge companies to engage with their female employees on the ways motherhood and career progression can work together.
How employers can help tackle inequality by changing the experience of fathers
While it’s very important to talk about issues affecting women, we can’t do this in a silo. If we want to change outcomes for women, we also need to change the expectations on men.
Why, and how, ING chief Melanie Evans banished ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ carer labels from parental leave policies
In late 2019, ING became the first bank in Australia to give both parents equal access to 14 weeks paid leave, eliminating “primary” and “secondary” labels in the process.
The budget has failed to combat the pink recession and support older women: It’s now up to business
Government stimulus and initiatives have been announced, but it is not near enough to redress the double jeopardy faced by older women.
