Why GPT offers a $10,000 childcare allowance and ‘carer neutral’ paid parental leave
Justine Knight has experienced first-hand the loyalty an employee feels to an employer when they feel supported in their caring responsibilities outside of work. Now with two teenage children, Knight brings this experience into her long career in the diversity space, including now as the first person to take on a dedicated diversity and […]
A booming opportunity for employers to support care givers
All too often when the topic of supporting carers in the workplace is raised, the conversation quickly starts and ends with a focus on women and babies. Wider caring responsibilities of employees often don’t get a look in sadly. Don’t get me wrong, there’s no denying investment in parental leave support is critical to improving […]
Breaking the stereotype of male-dominated investor teams
Victorian Funds Management Corporation’s investment team is edging closer to reaching gender parity, now at 43 per cent, while across the full firm it is at 50/50 gender parity. It’s an impressive result considering that across the industry, women make up just 27 per cent of investment teams, according to the Financial Services Council. […]
Reimagining the Future of Work and Family
Insights from the Future of Work & Family Policy Executive Roundtable Melbourne. 29th August 2023. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi In a world where work and family life often collide, the Executive Industry Leaders Roundtable on the future of Work and Family in Melbourne held this week […]
Long live the office? The future for flexible work as the work from home era changes
More and more employers are issuing rules on the future of working from home. So what next for the office, and how will employers support flexibility? The future of remote work and work from home (WFH) options have been garnering plenty of headlines in recent weeks, as large employers issue new rules on flexible […]
Remote work, family and rising to the C-Suite
Claire McCaffery is Chief Human Resources Officer at Accenture who has been with the employer for 20 years – working flexibly and mostly from home during her entire career with the firm. She started with Accenture when she already had two young kids and before going on to have a third baby, and she […]
How NBCUniversal deploys ‘Ambassadors’ to support women
Rebecca Heredia’s career in media and entertainment took years of hard work to achieve, including plenty of rejections and more than a dozen interviews before getting her first job in the industry. Now that she’s Director of Human Resources for Comcast NBCUniversal APAC, working to support a workforce made up of other women who’ve […]
The ‘Social’ within ESG is an opportunity for Socially Responsible Workplaces
The growing interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing is pushing organisations to evolve how they operate to meet stakeholder expectations. For the ‘Social’ aspect of ESG, there are clear opportunities available for organisations to do more on addressing diversity, equity and inclusion, and especially how their working conditions are impacting employee health […]
2023 Family Friendly Workplaces Insights
Progress update of workplace data Future Trends Latest Certified Workplaces Today, Family Friendly Workplaces is proud to announce, as part of National Families Week 2023, the latest companies certified under the National Work + Family Standards. Workplace data on the certified companies has also been released today. A follow on from the Bridging Work […]
The vital push for a “right to disconnect” in blueprint for workers with caring responsibilities
Australia has a significant opportunity to modernise how we combine work and care. Now a landmark Senate report provides a roadmap on how to get there. The roadmap covers a comprehensive list of recommendations, including an overhaul of leave provisions to offer a full year of Paid Parental Leave with “use it or lose […]
