Whether as providers or recipients, family and caring responsibilities will impact nearly all Australians at some point in their lives. Yet, balancing work and caring responsibilities remains a significant source of tension, as many workers struggle to meet the demands of paid employment while also fulfilling their caregiving duties. This tension is often exacerbated by discrimination, bias, and workplace systems and cultures that fail to support and include carers.
This section explores how employers can support inclusion for employees with all kinds of caring responsibilities, including care for children, elder care, foster care, kinship care, and caring for people with illness or disability.
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Latest Articles - Caring
Building carer-friendly workplaces: why supporting carers is good for people and business
Elena Katrakis, CEO of Carers NSW, shares how organisations can build carer-friendly workplaces and why supporting carers is good for people and business.
Release of National Carer Strategy
DCA welcomes the government’s renewed commitment to Australia’s three million unpaid carers in its new ten-year National Carer Strategy.
The diversity of LGBTQ+ families and parental leave
For LGBTQ+ parents and carers, the journey to parenthood is as diverse as the community itself, and parental leave needs are just as unique.
Dads and extended parental leave: a personal perspective
Despite the benefits, many fathers are still not taking extended parental leave. Here, DCA member Emily Smeed shares her family’s choices and experience with parental leave.
Paid Parental Leave Amendment Bill 2023
This is DCA’s second submission supporting amendments to paid parental leave to ensure that Australia can offer government funded parental leave that is flexible, gender-neutral and promotes shared-care arrangements between parents.
Early Childhood Productivity Commission Inquiry
Read DCA’s submission in response to the 2023 Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care.