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Family Friendly Workplaces Blog

‘Part of our DNA’: The a2 Milk Company’s family-friendly approach

We learn more about the a2 Milk Company’s family-friendly initiatives and policies aimed at supporting parents, carers and women, thanks to our partnership with Family

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Leadership culture ‘makes or breaks’ even the most generous workplace policies 

Employers are still feeling the pressure to compete for the best talent in a continuing tight labour market, despite the challenging economic headwinds from the

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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.” –

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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

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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

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How Workday elevated support for employee wellbeing

Melissa Bowden is at a unique point in her career where she’s excelling within an international leadership role, while also dealing with competing care-related pressures.

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Can Australia accelerate the take up of men sharing parental leave?

From July 2023 new parents will have more flexibility in how they apply for and share parental leave, as well as access to the new

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Grandparents leave and 18 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents: HCF’s ‘support from day one’ focus

We learn more about HCF’s family-friendly initiatives and policies aimed at supporting parents and carers, thanks to our partnership with Family Friendly Workplaces.   Angela

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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

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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

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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

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Announcing the new Family Friendly Workplaces Advisory Group

We are thrilled to announce the creation of the Family Friendly Workplaces Advisory Group, a high-profile team of industry influencers dedicated to making Australia one

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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

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Cracking the code by focusing on family-friendly ways of working #IWD2023

FFW – IWD 2023 Emma Walsh video

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We must crack the code on women’s attrition in STEM

A strong and diverse workforce is essential across the science, tech, engineering, and mathematics sectors (STEM) to address some of our nation’s most confronting and

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Leave loudly, you won’t get that time again: Chief winemaker and Dad Tim Pelquest-Hunt

  As the Chief Winemaker of Orlando Wines based in Barossa Valley, Tim Pequest-Hunt knows all too well the “one shot to get it right”

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GLOBAL WORKPLACE EQUALITY LEADER URGES CHANGES TO PARENTAL LEAVE AMENDMENT BILL

Enhanced paid parental leave and gender-neutral policies are key if Australian employers are to meet gender and wage gap targets says Parents At Work CEO

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Lessons from Australia

Lessons from Australia: how family-friendly policies support gender equality

Published this week in a special edition Essays on Equality: The politics of childcare, from the Global Institute of Women’s Leadership, is Lessons from Australia:

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2023 Workplace trends

4 day work weeks and stronger leave policies: The top workplace trends we’ll see in 2023

In many respects the illusive future of work has arrived – the monumental shifts in how and where we work that have occurred over the

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Investment over Deficit article

The ‘investment’ over ‘deficit’ of paid parental leave – is Australia family-friendly enough?

It’s fair to say there’s been a reboot and reinvigorated discussions around the criticality of investing in paid parental leave reform this year from across

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MEDIA RELEASE: Maximising parental leave through Government and employer schemes from The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Today, Emma Walsh, founder of Family Friendly Workplaces (FFW) joined Minister for Social Services, The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, to mark the Albanese Government’s commitment

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Work&Care Summit 2022 summary

How family-friendly employers are thinking about what it means to ‘care’

A summary by Women’s Agenda of the Inaugural Work&Care Summit (October 2022) speaking to the opportunities businesses have to support greater work life wellbeing.  

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First responders, loaner phones and emergency accommodation: How Lion is responding to domestic and family abuse

  Lion’s revamped domestic and family violence abuse policy sets a new benchmark for supporting employees to access the help they need.   Revamped in

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Mental health and employee wellbeing

The sick day and office ‘perks’ need an overhaul to support mental health

The need for and the way we use a ‘sick day’ changed dramatically during the pandemic. For some employees, access to paid sick leave remains

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Best practice advice from UNICEF to support Family Friendly Workplaces certification

In their latest report ‘Integrating Child Rights across the ASX’, UNICEF Australia provides leading organisations with recommendations on how to increase their focus on safeguarding

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Family & Domestic Abuse and Violence

Workplaces have the power to help end family and domestic violence

We know that employers play a key role in supporting those experiencing domestic and family violence.   But with the shift in working from home,

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Emma Walsh on Federal Government changes

Finally, we’re seeing big policy promises that will transform Australia

The last few weeks have seen once-in-a-generation policy promises announced that could significantly transform the future for families in Australia, as well as our overall

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Sue Whipps Novartis

Formalising flexibility has helped this workplace become more family friendly

Sue Whipps has always been a strong advocate for the flexibility that family friendly workplaces provide employees.   As the Country Head of People and

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HRM Article

How some of Australia’s largest companies are supporting working parents

Last week was the United Nations’ Global Parent’s Day (June 1). To mark the occasion, UNICEF Australia and Parents At Work released a new research

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FFW Media Release

New report evidences key enablers and benefits of Family Friendly Workplaces

Flexible work and gender-neutral policies key priorities for family focused Australian employers   Highlights The Report from Parents At Work and UNICEF Australia has found

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