Influential independent MPs say there is a slew of reforms the jobs summit can consider to improve women’s workforce participation and ease the skills shortage.
must make concrete commitments on increasing childcare subsidies, expanding parental leave and revaluing “highly feminised industries” to help improve women’s workforce participation and ease the skill shortage crisis, influential teal MPs say., training opportunities and the pay gap would be addressed at the summit in one of the first sessions on the agenda, although she was unable to confirm attendees or Labor’s key policy priorities for the discussions.
A study by the Grattan Institute showed that a 6 per cent increase in female workforce participation would add $25 billion to national GDP. Analysis by Chief Executive Women showed that increasing women’s work rates to the same as men’s would“Parental leave is the first and foremost barrier to workforce participation for women,” Ms Steggall said, calling for paid parental leave for primary carers to be increased from 18 weeks to 26 weeks.
Ms Steggall also called for better subsidies for childcare and more tax breaks: “It’s ridiculous that a law firm partner’s ski trip can be tax deductable but childcare, which enables actual participation in the workforce, isn’t.”
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