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Family Friendly Workplaces Blog

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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Lion’s renewed approach to supporting victims of domestic and family abuse

A Family Friendly Workplace Case Study   Domestic and family abuse is one of the most prevalent human rights abuses in Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia's most Family Friendly Organisations - one year on

Meet Australia’s top 70 Family Inclusive Workplaces™

Today, Family Friendly Workplaces is extremely proud to announce as part of National Families Week 2022 the top 70 organisations now certified under the National

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Government on Notice

Australia’s 47th Parliament on notice to deliver better outcomes for families, women and children

As we head into the final week of the federal election, it seems fitting that it coincides with National Families Week and UN International Day

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Anathea Ruys, UM

Family Friendly Workplaces Futureproofs UM

“People are at the heart of everything we do and ultimately it’s our people who make us who we are as a culture and as

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Work + Family Policy Roundtable

Work + Family Policy Roundtable and the 2022 Federal Election Benchmarks

The Australian Work + Family Policy Roundtable is a research network of 31 academics from 18 universities and research institutions with expertise on work, care and family

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Family Friendly Workplaces

Federal Government Announces Support for Family Family Workplaces with a $1.4 million dollar boost

30th March, 2022 – As part of the 2022 Budget, the Federal Treasurer announced support for Family Friendly Workplaces committing $1.4 million over three years

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IWD Article

International Women’s Day; Family Friendly Workplaces driving gender equality and breaking the bias

The conflict between work and family life has long been lamented as a key challenge that has held back real progress when it comes to

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Family Friendly Workplaces

Why Family Friendly workplaces are the answer to the ‘Great Resignation’!

Since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic, there has been a concerning and significant increase in the number of working parents resigning from their

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Employees will ‘co-create’ how they work in the future

For Gaye Morris, working flexibly is something she’s been doing for decades over a number of different organisations.   “I have a 20 year old

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Family & Domestic Violence

Family & Domestic Violence: Supporting Your Employees Through Best Practice Standards

In Australia, approximately one woman is killed by her current or former partner every week, and for men, every month. (1)   Since the age

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Lion Australia

Millions spent closing the gender pay gap has been more than worth it!

Lion spent millions of dollars closing its gender pay gap. Now it’s going one step further on promoting workplace gender equality: removing ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’

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Paid parental leave, paid miscarriage leave & paid super contributions: How this SME gets ahead

Business size should not be used as an excuse for failing to provide a great workplace culture and inclusive policies to support staff, according to

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The business offering parents up to $1000 a month to help with childcare fees

Parents are given up to $1000 a month to support childcare fees when they work at the electronic property settlement provider, Property Exchange Australia (PEXA).

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