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Encouraging fathers to take paternity leave has positive, perhaps even surprising, results.
Does having children make the goal of fairly dividing work at home more elusive?
Breast milk contains ingredients in concentrations that change over the course of the day. Researchers think milk is chrononutrition, carrying molecular messages to help set a baby’s internal clock.
The transition to parenthood comes with plenty of stress. A psychology researcher suggests that paid family leave could help lift some of the burden – with positive health benefits down the road.
If President Trump follows through on his campaign promise, new mothers may soon have six weeks of guaranteed paid leave. But something is keeping them from using the benefits they already have.
In times of budgetary constraint, the cost of Australia's welfare system has been regarded by many in the Coalition as a drag on economic growth. Labor's Jenny Macklin has a different take.
Australian government proposals to ban so-called “double dipping” with paid parental leave (PPL) risks scaling back health benefits for women who take time off to care for their babies.
Before fiddling with the design of paid parental leave, we need to be clear about the purpose of the policy.
South African law requires surrogate mothers to hand infants to their legal parents without undue delay. But it doesn’t provide leave for these parents to care for their infants. That is set to change.
It’s true Australia is seeing the highest ever female workforce participation rate but there’s still a long way to go.
New and expectant parents are among the biggest losers in this year’s budget. From July 2016 primary carers will lose access to government paid parental leave if their workplace also provides leave.
Scott Morrison’s appointment as minister for social services in late December 2014 has been seen as an important step for the Abbott government as it moves towards its second budget. The tasks he faces…
Tony Abbott will finally and reluctantly declare his dream of a “bigger, better” paid parental leave (PPL) scheme is “off the table”, in a speech that has become crucial to staving off the mounting pressure…
Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed over the weekend that he will use the parliamentary summer break to review his paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, which has so far proven to be a large political liability…
At the end of this month Australia’s Productivity Commission will issue the final report of its inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care. The inquiry was limited from the outset by the requirement…
A study has found one in two mothers are excessively tired four months after giving birth. University of Queensland researchers…
The travails of Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme are symptomatic of the government’s wider problems. The Prime Minister says he won’t abandon the plan, adding that he doesn’t break promises. That’s…
The Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning shows the serious limitations of market economics for analysing social policy. The report’s 900-plus pages offer a collection…
As Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme continues to be a millstone around the government’s neck, a new book reveals that he briefed Rupert Murdoch in detail on the plan before taking it to his party…
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Political Economy; Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work; and, co-convenor Work + Family Policy Roundtable, University of Sydney
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Marian Baird is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Employment Relations, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Coastal Carolina University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, Adelaide University
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
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Professor, School of Management, RMIT University
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Programme Director, Centre for Labour Law; Lecturer in Mercantile Law, University of the Free State
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University