CEO Adam Copp on taking parental leave and encouraging more men to do so
Adam Copp is a CEO who wants to see more Dads taking parental leave and more organisations proactively encouraging them to do so. This ambition stems from his own personal experience seeing how transformative such leave can be in learning to care for a child. It also comes from knowing the significant cultural […]
Employers, time to celebrate the pride of First Nations parents and carers
This week’s NAIDOC week is an important opportunity for employers to celebrate First Nations team members, and to reinvigorate their commitments to supporting their families. The 2024 theme is Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud & Proud, aiming to celebrate and recognise the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. […]
How four fathers benefit from their employer’s family friendly policies
Great family-friendly policies are gender neutral and help encourage people to share the care and the load at home. In early 2024, UNICEF Australia spoke with a number of employees who work for a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, to highlight how they have accessed and used flexibility and family friendly policies to support the […]
How employers are going beyond paid leave to address domestic and family violence
Domestic violence has been described as a national crisis by Prime Mininster Anthony Albanese. On average, one woman is killed every week by her current or former partner. According to statistics from Our Watch, perpetrators of violence against women are most commonly men, and are more likely to be known by the victim (35 […]
Morally and financially, why employers can no longer afford to ‘go-slow’ on tackling gender inequality
The recent historic ‘transparency’ reveals of over 5000 private sector employer gender pay gap data by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) in February is a wakeup call for us all as a nation – time to end the rhetoric and sharpen the pencil on setting bold targets and measurable actions to close the gender […]
Count their families in to help close the gender pay gap
As the gender pay gap data released last week made clear, employers need more women in the higher-paying areas of leadership if they hope to close the difference in the median full-time wages of men and women – and it starts with sharing the caring. To make that happen, both government and employers alike […]
Take ‘leave from meetings’, block time for thinking: How this Microsoft leader thrives with flexibility
Elena Wise doesn’t follow the traditional nine-to-five schedule, despite being in a senior leadership position. Rather, she thinks about her days as having 24 hours that she can balance between her personal and work lives, and her weeks as seven days that can also be carved up. Working across different timezones for Microsoft, […]
Time to end the lag in men accessing family-friendly workplace policies
Incredibly, Labor Senator Raff Ciccone became the first father to bring his baby into the Senate last week, two years after the Set the Standard report, which included recommendations to enhance the wellbeing, balance and flexibility of parliamentarians and workers. While Ciccone thanked his parliamentary colleagues for creating a “family-friendly environment” in the Senate […]
2024 Workplace Culture Trends: What the best employers will do to care for their people in 2024
More bosses want their teams back ‘in the office’ and are expected to further crackdown on return-to-work mandates in 2024, despite compelling evidence that flexible work remains one of the most important levers to attract and retain talent, boost engagement, productivity and wellbeing. That’s according to a number of commentators and surveys in recent […]
Employers can and must work to eliminate domestic and family violence
We learn more about Challenge DV, an organisation working to support employers with their role in eliminating violence against women, thanks to our partnership with Family Friendly Workplaces. When family members and colleagues discussed family and domestic violence with Keith Tracey-Patte, he concedes that he would struggle to understand how he could actually make […]