Parents At Work

05/03/2024

Did you know that in 2019, 62% of working parents in Australia reported significant difficulties in managing their physical and mental health due to competing work and family pressures?

Let's make a change! Participate in the 2024 National Working Families Survey and share your experiences.

Take the 10-minute survey now: https://parentsatwork.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B6EIYQYonKFTAa?

23/02/2024

Working parents were struggling with the juggle back in 2019. Have things improved in the past five years for those balancing work and care?

22/02/2024

Calling all Changemakers! The 2024 National Working Families Survey Needs You.

Your experiences hold the key to building a more inclusive and supportive work environment.

Join us in our mission to understand and address the needs of working families across Australia.

Invest just 10 minutes of your time to make a difference. Your voice matters!

https://parentsatwork.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B6EIYQYonKFTAa

19/02/2024

🌟 Big News! 🌟 We're excited to announce The Parenthood's partnership with Parents At Work and UNICEF Australia for the National Working Families Survey 2024. Our goal? To elevate the voices of working parents and carers across Australia. 🇦🇺💼👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

✨ Your Impact: Your experiences are key to creating a more inclusive, supportive work environment. This survey is our chance to advocate for real change, from gender-equal parental leave to flexible work arrangements. Every voice helps shape the future.

👉 Make Your Voice Heard and click here: https://parentsatwork.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B6EIYQYonKFTAa

Let's work together to make Australia's workplaces better for families.

Because thriving families mean a thriving Australia! 🌈🙌

05/09/2023

In some parts of the world, families celebrated Father’s Day over the weekend, which provides a chance to recognise the effort, contribution, and love that fathers bring to the family unit.

Father's Day is a time to celebrate all father figures and remember those who are no longer with us or are separated by distance.

Here are some of our team celebrating dads!

17/08/2023

We're excited to announce we're the first water corporation in Australia to be certified as a family friendly employer.

Family Friendly Workplaces, an initiative of UNICEF Australia and Parents At Work , recognised our initiatives that support employees to meet their work, family and wellbeing needs.

Supporting our employees in their work and personal lives is vital for a great work-life balance. The certification is a result of our commitment to having leading policies and practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing.

We know that more than 65 per cent of the people who work with us have caring responsibilities, so we’re well aware of the impact our initiatives can have on their lives.

Pictured is Linton and his three kids, Fletch, Soli and Rosie hitting the surf on his rostered day off.

Find out what makes us a great place to work: https://www.wannonwater.com.au/about-us/careers/why-work-for-us.aspx

20/07/2023

This week we hosted our latest education session for our Employer Members, moderated by Angela Priestley, Founder of Women's Agenda and Emma Walsh, Founder of Parents At Work.

During the event, Kate Furlong - Deloitte and Kim Annesley - Cube Group, shared their invaluable experiences in building the business case for change and designing a smooth parental leave transition experience. They also discussed the profound impact of parental leave on individuals and their respective businesses.

Download the Paid Parental Leave Whitepaper now to find out what your organisation should do to bolster the continued limited paid parental leave offered in Australia: https://hubs.la/Q01YhgTf0



Here are 4 key questions for employers to consider that came out of the session:

14/06/2023

Thank you for the great post Diversity Council Australia and all the wonderful work you do for employers across Australia too 🙌

To be clear, I believe in a fair, equitable and inclusive Australia for all. For me, that means supporting a Voice to Parliament as a pathway to help achieve this for First Nations People.

26/01/2023

Team Parents At Work (and Family Friendly Workplaces) is back in full swing this week with many of us having returned from our end of year holiday activities.

So what's on the agenda this week? Clearly a whole lot of fun amidst policy & contract writing, client servicing, meetings (yes plenty of those in the diary already) and much more.

Great to be back in 2023...

#2023

09/12/2022

Last night we had a team get together to celebrate the happenings of 2022 and prepare for a well deserved end of year break.

With many of us working remotely, some close to 100% of the time, it was great to sit down and take stock of the year and share a meal at night.

This year the Parents At Work office will close on Thursday 22nd of December, reopening on Monday 9th of January. We'll send a reminder of these dates as the time draws nearer.

In the meantime, enjoy the end of year celebrations from all of us at Parents At Work.

22/11/2022

More great feedback from our Work Life Wellbeing Webinar series 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The series raps up for 2022 tomorrow with the popular THRIVE ~ Career Life Wellbeing Masterclass.

This year 'THRIVE' has supported thousands of working parents and carers to align their work, family and wellbeing goals with practical tools and tips to address the common struggles parents and carers face so they can thrive in all aspects of life.

To find out more about the Work Life Wellbeing Series in 2023 and how you can offer it to your people, contact our concierge at [email protected] or connect with us here 👉🏻 https://members.workfamilyhub.com.au/learningseries

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