I wish I'd taken parental leave for my first baby
3 years, 6 months ago

I wish I'd taken parental leave for my first baby

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"It's something I will never, ever forget." He split his leave — taking four weeks off when Shiuli was first born, and the remaining 22 weeks when his wife went back to work in October that year after she took the government's 18 weeks of paid parental leave. "We are a fairly large group of technical staff within my department, and I was the first male in our team to actually go on parental leave," he says. Tarun, like so many fathers, chose not to take the government's two week paid parental leave for partners at the national minimum wage. "If we have another child, I would definitely look to take up that opportunity to go on parental leave again, because I think it was just the most wonderful time in my life."

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Labor unveils plan to expand paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks
2 years, 2 months ago

Labor unveils plan to expand paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks

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The federal government has announced a plan to gradually increase paid parental leave entitlements to give parents six months of paid leave by 2026. Key points: The changes will be scaled in from July 2024 and be fully in place by July 2026 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said before the election that Labor wanted to expand the scheme Systemic reforms …

Paid parental leave should be extended to both caregivers, according to the experts. Hugh couldn't agree more
2 years, 8 months ago

Paid parental leave should be extended to both caregivers, according to the experts. Hugh couldn't agree more

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Hugh Sinclair is Rupert and toddler Henrietta's dad. "What we've found from our census of Australian workplaces is that about 60 per cent of employers are offering paid parental leave, and … 91 per cent are offering it equally to men and women," Ms Wooldridge says. "That's why we advocate that paid parental leave should be offered in a gender …

Equal parenting is challenging with 'inflexible and highly gendered' paid parental leave scheme
3 years, 6 months ago

Equal parenting is challenging with 'inflexible and highly gendered' paid parental leave scheme

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An overwhelming majority of Australians want parenting to be divided equally between couples, but when it comes to parental leave, it's not that simple. Compared to the government's PLP, company schemes tend to be a lot more generous, sometimes offering up to 12 weeks paid parental leave on full pay, she says. "That's interesting because unlike other countries where it's …

Federal budget boost to parental leave, childcare could lift women's workforce participation
3 years, 7 months ago

Federal budget boost to parental leave, childcare could lift women's workforce participation

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In 1971 a High Court judge said that the cost of childcare for a single mother was not a deductible tax expense. "It is not really such a big support, to be honest," Emilia says, noting she's originally from Poland and Alex is from Germany, where both parental leave and childcare incentives are more generous. "For many women, they're working …

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