Tag: Caring

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.

Let’s hear it from the boys

A recent study has found that men’s views on gender equality have not been getting more progressive.

The gender pay gap nears $1 billion per week

The latest edition of She’s Price(d)less shows that the national pay gap is estimated at $966m per week or $51.8b per year.

On being a family friendly workplace …

Being a family friendly workplace is fundamentally more than offering simple flexibility around family commitments.

Childlessness – the unspoken workplace inclusion issue

A blog piece to encourage you to reflect on issues that may be affecting employees who are childless, and not by choice.

Happy International Women’s Day 2022

March 8 is International Women’s Day and the theme this year is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. 

Australia should consider Iceland’s strategy to overcome the gender pay gap

Iceland has made it illegal to pay women less than men for similar work. This begs the question of whether Australian could and should be doing the same thing.

Early Childhood Productivity Commission Inquiry

Read DCA’s submission in response to the 2023 Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care.

Flexibility to combat office return reluctance

Business leaders also need to move away from the idea that flexibility is just about working from home.

Breaking the flex work stigma

While the gender pay gap continues to narrow, the gender flex gap has remained stagnant. Early release data from DCA’s Inclusion@Work Index indicates a worrying trend is to blame.