One of Australia’s biggest business groups has backed a union call for the expansion of the government’s paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks | rachelclun
One of Australia’s biggest business groups has backed a union call for the expansion of the government’s paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks, ahead of this week’s jobs summit.
The Grattan Institute has previously estimated that expanding the government scheme from 18 to 26 weeks would cost $600 million a year. In their joint agreement, the ACTU and Business Council of Australia urged the government to expand the Commonwealth paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks and make sure it could be shared between both parents, including superannuation during leave and incentives for both parents to take it.In a separate submission to the summit, Chief Executive Women said the government should immediately expand its paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks.
“18 weeks at the minimum wage is not adequate and it’s not equitable,” she said. “And paid parental leave is a policy that you cannot ignore if you’re talking about structural drivers of inequality.”
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