The committee's report calls for a major shake-up of our current work and care structures, including reviewing the 38-hour work week and upping caring benefits across the board.
Successfully implementing it across the public service, for example, would give quite a bit of weight behind what's so-far been done at a small-scale level."Whereby employees retain 100 per cent of the salary while reducing their hours to 80 per cent while maintaining 100 per cent productivity," it said.
It also recommended getting a university on board to measure the impact of the trial and see what impact it had on people's wellbeing and whether it changed the split of unpaid care between men and women.The committee also recommended getting the Fair Work Commission to review the idea of a 38-hour work week and whether stronger penalties are needed for businesses to make their staff work long hours.and stop employers from contact with workers outside of hours, except in an emergency.
This week, the government passed its legislation to change the current Paid Parental Leave scheme and plans to increase the weeks on offer to 26 by July 2026."Fund and implement a pathway to reach international best practice of 52 weeks." It also said it should make sure the full period of leave could be used by sole parents and superannuation was paid on all Paid Parental Leave payments too.
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