Save Paid Parental Leave!

By Terri Macdonald (NTEU National Office). Under the Bill workers will not be better off but instead will see some 80,000 women lose access to the current Government scheme.
This will reduce the time they can take to care and bond with their newborn and  a big step back from the progress achieved for workers and their families in recent years.  It also re-positions a hard-fought for workplace entitlement, as a welfare payment from the Government. No other form of leave is treated in this way. More...