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P Clune (PDF - 11k)

Submission 33 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


Once a week I, with another volunteer, drive to between 3 and 5 dwellings and hand out emergency relief $50 cards for food; and/or free furniture/clothing vouchers; and/or arrange credits up to $100 for overdue power/gas/telephone bills - all to

Date received: 19 May 2008

Hilary Surman (PDF - 11k)

Submission 35 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


Submission for Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental leave. I currently have a baby who is 11months old, our first. I am shift worker in a professional career; my partner also does shift work. The AWA I was employed under at the time I

Date received: 19 May 2008

Helen Gifford-Cock (PDF - 19k)

Submission 32 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


Your Maternity Leave entitlements How much paid maternity leave were/are you eligible for? None (days/weeks/months). How much unpaid maternity leave were/are you eligible for? Up to 12 months (days/weeks/months). If eligible for any type of

Date received: 19 May 2008

Gary Ting (PDF - 70k)

Submission 30 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


Dear Productivity Commission, I note a component of this inquiry is to identify models of parental leave that could be used in Australia. I would like to make a modest contribution by adding some considerations specifically with relation to a

Date received: 19 May 2008

Susan Kay (PDF - 7k)

Submission 29 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


I believe any leave for new parents should be ‘paternity leave’. By limiting the leave to women it is taking away a legitimate choice for families. Many women are now the highest income earner in a family and are often required to return to work

Date received: 16 May 2008

Kingsford Legal Centre (PDF - 54k)

Submission 27 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


KINGSFORD. LEGAL CENTRE. Operated by the Faculty of Law of The University of New South Wales The Law Building, Ground Floor, University of New South Wales 2052 NSW AUSTRALIA. Telephone 61 (2) 9385 9566 • Facsimile 61 (2) 9385 9583 • TTY 61 (2)

Date received: 16 May 2008

Tom Gordon (PDF - 35k)

Submission 28 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


Were you eligible for paid or unpaid parental leave? If eligible, did you take it all – and if not, why not? My wife used up her recreation leave and then used unpaid leave as that was all that was available to her by her employer Did (or would)

Date received: 16 May 2008

Melissa Preston (PDF - 7k)

Submission 37 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


I am in the rather unique situation where I have been made redundant approximately 2 months from the commencement of my maternity leave. My submission is: As soon as an employer is made aware of an employee’s pregnancy, that employee becomes

Date received: 14 May 2008

Lorraine Hines (PDF - 7k)

Submission 26 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


As a parent, I submit my views on the importance of paid maternity leave for all Australian women. If this country was Bulgaria, women would receive over 60 weeks of paid maternity leave. Canada provides about 50 weeks to women. In Australia the

Date received: 14 May 2008

Prof Joshua Gans (PDF - 108k)

Submission 24 for Paid Maternity, Paternity And Parental Leave View full list


Ideas for eff icient and equitable parental leave fol lowing child-birth. IdeaPITCH No.2. Author: Professor Joshua S. Gans1. Date: 13th May, 2008. Melbourne Business School 200 Leicester St Carlton VIC 3053 T (03) 9349 8173 E J.Gans@unimelb.edu.au W

Date received: 13 May 2008

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