Mar 30, 2023
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvement for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022.
On February 20th, we appeared before the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee together with advocates Georgie Dent, The Parenthood, Emma Walsh, Parents At Work & Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network, Lisa Annese and Catherine Brown, Diversity Council Australia Ltd and Dr Leonora Risse to share our views about the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvement for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022.
Whilst there is support for the Bill, which seeks to make paid parental leave available to other carers and enable families to make decisions about leave allocations/work, we are seeking to extend the period of paid leave, extend eligibility to migrant workers on temporary working visas, bring payments more in line with actual income replacement than based on minimum wage rates in order to make it more accessible and affordable, have super payable on payments and strengthen provisions relating to domestic and family violence just to name a few...