Natasha Stott Despoja on Paid Maternity Leave: After the past few months with the deliberations and report of the Productivity Commission, it looks like Paid Maternity Leave (PML) may finally happen – that is, unless the Government can think of reasons to delay further. But what took them so long and, more to the point, why did both major parties persistently kill legislation that has been on the table for over 6 years? more
Articles tagged: Work/life balance
WELA submission to the Productivity Commission about Paid Maternity Leave
As Chairperson for the Women’s Electoral Lobby Australia (WELA), I’ve been heavily involved in preparing a submission for the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave.
The WELA strongly supports introducing industrial based, paid maternity leave as soon as possible with three clear arguments supporting this proposal:
1. Financial reasons for maintaining income in households around the time of birth rather than decreasing it by the loss of an income earner; more
CPD Road Test: work and family balance
Both major parties are selling balance and flexibility, but there’s not much under the bonnet, writes Mark Bahnisch more
Canberra fails to meet the work-family benchmark
The Australian Work and Family Policy Roundtable recently released benchmarks for the assessment of policy proposals for improving work and family outcomes in Australia. CPD fellow Eva Cox examines how the major parties’ 2007 election announcements shape up so far. more
Making time and taking our time
We save it, spend it, invest it, and waste it, yet we never have enough of it. Time is a finite resource, and we seem to be running out. Political parties who ignore the latest research on what time-poverty is doing to our relationships don't deserve to spend time in government, argues Eva Cox. more
Balancing the time budget
Time is the currency of relationships, but the never-ending expansion of our working lives is leading to a social recession. Australia's leading social capital expert Eva Cox argues for policies to help us reclaim our time. more
Fertility and the other workforce crisis
There are limits to the amount of household work parents can outsource, says Paula Wright. If governments are worried about low fertility rates, they should start dealing with the workforce crisis in Australian homes. more
Womenomics
Economic growth and sustainability is more dependent on women’s workforce participation then ever before, writes Kellie Tranter. Now we just need the political will to encourage and enable cultural change.
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