Log in or become a subscriber

An employer has achieved a 50% increase in men taking parental leave, and a 75% reduction in women resigning while on parental leave, since making its policy more inclusive.

Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has removed "traditional" primary and secondary carer labels from its policies to make them more inclusive, and provides 16 weeks' paid leave, which it is considering extending to 18.

Chief operating officer Justin Untersteiner, who works part time and is himself "a very active dad", says the new policies encourage parents to share the caring load equally...