Employers must treat paternity leave as seriously as when women take time off work for parenting responsibilities,advocates say.
Aside from the emotional toll,families caring for a premature baby also report significant financial impacts on their household budgets.
New Zealand first introduced extra paid parental leave for babies born before 37 weeks in 2016,but Australia has no provisions.
As we laud the progress we’ve made on parental leave,I believe there has been a massive oversight that the government should address.
It’s not as if I didn’t understand this before embarking on my pregnancy. But knowing something theoretically is very different to experiencing it in reality.
As inflation surges,having a baby might not look as financially comfortable as it did 18 months ago.
The body ordered French club Olympique Lyonnais to pay a player’s full salary after it paid a fraction while she was on maternity leave.
One graph in the Grattan Institute’s report on paid parental leave bluntly illustrates the unequal division of labour in Australian households - and the need for a government scheme to help change it.
Only 14 per cent of voters back calls to pay new parents their usual salary,while 24 per cent do not support the payments at all.
Labor’s first budget was not targeted at females,but,nevertheless,they are the main beneficiaries of several measures.
Your guide to who gained the most – and who missed out – in the federal budget.