Baby Gaga
Sunday 27 June 2010
It’s been an historic week in Australian politics – our first female Prime Minister has taken office and one of the Rudd Government’s last pieces of legislation was passed into law. Yes, Australia now has paid parental leave.
It’s been a long time coming, however Australia has now fallen into line with every other western country (except for the US) by offering a paid parental scheme. And it’s not just for the mums – dads too will be eligible and leave can be shared between parents.
What are the details? From January 2011, eligible parents will get 18 weeks’ leave, paid at the federal minimum wage of around $570 a week (as usual, conditions apply).
In this week’s article of the week, Patricia Karvelas of The Australian talks about the new scheme.
Join this week’s forum: what do you think of Australia’s new paid parental leave scheme?
Also in Article of the week - Oniomaniac
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