Disrupting work life conflict: the importance of investing in family-friendly workplaces
Advancing Parental Leave Support in Workplaces: Putting Best Practice into Practice
Launch of the National Working Families Survey 2024: Shaping a Family-Friendly Australia
2024 Workplace Culture Trends: What the best employers will do to care for their people in 2024
Men are increasingly offered paid parental leave so why are they not taking it?
Understanding the ROI of being a family friendly employer
World Health Day 2022; The Importance of the Stop Moment
Each year on April 7th we celebrate World Health Day. This year’s theme as released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is Universal Health Coverage. At Parents At Work we understand that Universal Health begins with our own health and particularly how willing we are to look after ourselves including (and often especially) at work. […]
How Family Friendly Workplaces can break the ‘caring’ bias for women and families; IWD 2022
This years theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is #breakthebias – what is your organisation doing to contribute to this? “It’s been almost 12 months since UNICEF Australia and Parents At Work, alongside 23 founding and supporting partner organisations, united together to develop a set of National Work + Family Standards to encourage workplaces to […]
Popular Ways Your Workplace Can Showcase Cultural Diversity & Inclusivity in Celebration of Harmony Week
Every year from the 15th to 21st March Australia celebrates National Harmony Week. Harmony Week is a time to celebrate the wonderful mix of cultures we have in our country and communities. It is about inclusiveness, respect and care for all people, no matter their cultural background. The Department of Home Affairs leads national celebrations to recognise […]
‘Millions of Reasons to Care’ – Why it’s Important for Carers to Care for Themselves First!
From October 10th to 16th Australia celebrates National Carers Week, with this year’s theme being ‘Millions of Reasons to Care’. In Australia we have approximately 2.65 million carers, and likely more when we consider as many people don’t define themselves as carers, especially if they are looking after a family member. When we add up […]
