COVID-19 and The Future Of Work And Family - Join Kate Jenkins, Sarah McCann, KPMG, Baker McKenzie

Parents At Work Podcast

This webinar recording shares highlights of the National Working Families Report and discusses implications for the future of work and family in light of the challenges posed by Covid 19. The focus is on exploring the key recommendations for employers committed to creating family friendly, flexible workplaces. Contributors include: - Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission - Sarah McCann Bartlett, CEO, Australian Human Resources Institute - Kellie-Ann McDade, Partner Employment Law, Baker McKenzie - Grant Wardell-Johnson, Lead Tax Partner, KPMG - Emma Walsh, CEO, Parents At Work - Angela Priestley, Founder, Women's Agenda Employers are key to revolutionising the way we design work and family policy and practices. To ensure Australia is both responsive and progressive in meeting the changing nature of caring needs in our society, we must advance the way we combine work and caring responsibilities. This means identifying and addressing the cultural, gender and economic barriers that prevent progress and result in poor health and wellbeing outcomes for Australian families. This recording also explores recommendations for engaging the wider business community on what is needed to support both men and women manage work and caring responsibilities including: - Key research findings on the work and family challenges that impact wellbeing and gender equality outcomes - Insights from employees on what is needed to better manage work and care - The business and community benefits of advancing work and family policies - Key recommendations - how to progress employer-supported family friendly policies About the Report The 2019 National Working Families Report is a not-for-profit initiative undertaken by Parents At Work as an APLEN initiative in partnership with Karitane, HSBC, Baker McKenzie, Deloitte, KPMG, IKEA and QBE. The report details the survey findings and considers how workplaces can better support women and men to effectively balance their work and caring commitments, giving employees equal opportunities to fulfil their work responsibilities and career goals while looking after their family and personal wellbeing. 6,289 parents and carers across Australia completed the survey. The results reveal that parents and carers across Australia are finding it difficult to balance work and family commitments and report their personal wellbeing and family relationships suffer as a result. To read the full report with a summary of the key recommendations visit - parentsandcarersatwork.com/wpcontent/uploads/2019/12/National-Working-Families-Report-2019_1.pdf For more information about the report and to read the Executive Summary visit - aplen.pages.ontraport.net/WorkingFamiliesReport2019 About APLEN APLEN is a network of organisations established as part of a commitment to lead UN global gender equality efforts to advocate and advance parental leave equality in Australia. To find out more visit aplen.com.au