Publisher: Australian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
There are almost 4 million Australians who have unpaid caring responsibilities and most of those people care for children. Supporting Working Parents offers information to businesses on compliance and legal obligations that can have added benefits to the bottom line, morale and help employers avoid tricky legal situations.
Publisher: Australian Human Rights Commission, 2016
Status – CURRENT
While compliance with legal obligations assists business to create workplaces that support working parents, several organisations have taken this a step further by implementing innovative, leading practices that advance this goal. Supporting working parents through targeted strategies can reduce business costs related to recruitment, retraining and restructures, widen the talent pool, increase organisational productivity and performance and improve organisational reputation. The ‘Successful strategies to support working parents’ resource for employers highlights these ‘leading practices’ as opportunities that can be used to successfully support pregnant employees and working parents. It brings together strategies implemented by leading Australian employers, many of which are effective, low cost and easy to deliver.
Publisher: Australian Government Workplace Gender Equality Agency, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This Data Explorer has been created using data from non-public sector organisations with 100 or more employees that report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency annually under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The Explorer includes data from the 2013-14 and 2014-15 reporting periods.
Publisher: National Rural Women’s Coalition,2015
Status – CURRENT
The Weather the Storm kit has been prepared to support women to prepare for disasters and emergencies. The kit consists of three manuals which can be downloaded. Part 1 – Manual. The kit is set out and designed so it can be delivered for community groups. It can be used by anyone, however some skills or awareness of group facilitation would be useful. The kit gives a step-by-step guide to planning and delivering the program and can be adapted to fit different communities and varying natural disaster types e.g. cyclones, floods, bushfires etc. It follows a ‘ think and discover, plan, design, deliver and evaluate’ format. The content of the program is set out in a manner that is easy to follow e.g. how to set up, what to do as women arrive, how to work through the session and how to end the sessions etc. Part 2 – Tools and Templates. This section has all the specific information, worksheets and tools needed to design a program. It includes sample invitation letters, worksheets, participation certificates, post program surveys etc. Part 3 – Resources. This section has the resources which you can print off and provide as handouts to participants or resources to set up e.g. an emergency bushfire kit contents; how to use BOM information services.