Paid maternity leave: Is 14 weeks enough? | Business Sense | News.com.au
A national survey of Australian families conducted for the government has found 8 per cent of the nation's mothers are back at work before their babies are one month old, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reported.
For goodness sake, famliy leave (maternal and paternal) is one policy that is of UTILITARIAN benefit to society as a whole.The only way to eliminate bias against women is to get men...
A further 8 per cent of mothers return to work within two or three months of the birth of their youngest child, the Household Income and Labour Dynamics survey of 13,000 Australians found.
Forty per cent of Australian mothers are now back at work before their baby turns one year old, up from 32 per cent in 1996.
The report concludes that many women are being forced back to work because they are not eligible for paid maternity leave and are under financial pressure.
In some cases it is because more fathers are taking time off work to share the child rearing responsibilities.
Just 43 per cent of women are entitled to paid maternity leave and only 34 per cent of dads are eligible for paid paternity leave.
A national survey of Australian families conducted for the government has found 8 per cent of the nation's mothers are back at work before their babies are one month old, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reported.
For goodness sake, famliy leave (maternal and paternal) is one policy that is of UTILITARIAN benefit to society as a whole.The only way to eliminate bias against women is to get men...
A further 8 per cent of mothers return to work within two or three months of the birth of their youngest child, the Household Income and Labour Dynamics survey of 13,000 Australians found.
Forty per cent of Australian mothers are now back at work before their baby turns one year old, up from 32 per cent in 1996.
The report concludes that many women are being forced back to work because they are not eligible for paid maternity leave and are under financial pressure.
In some cases it is because more fathers are taking time off work to share the child rearing responsibilities.
Just 43 per cent of women are entitled to paid maternity leave and only 34 per cent of dads are eligible for paid paternity leave.
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