Parental Leave Equality forum notes
Advancing Parental Leave Equality:
supporting men and women to share the care Australia’s mainstream approach to paid parental leave must do more to encourage more men to take an active role as fathers. According to the WGEA, progress towards parental leave equality in our country has stalled. Australia currently has the least generous paid parental leave scheme of all OECD nations. Furthermore, while 88% of fathers in Sweden take parental leave, Australia’s take-up sits at
