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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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Working carer Sheila Pring wrote an article entitled 'A Supportive Employer', about how her manager supported her when her partner was very ill. This meant she was able to keep her job at a time when she most needed it.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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A few months ago, my partner Peter was very ill. Then he went into hospital, just when I was starting a new job and a new role for me. I had to go to the hospital a lot to speak to staff, and my employer was very supportive. I’d like to share my story so other working carers can see that it’s possible - and positive - to work and care at the same time.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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The National Work and Family Awards have been run as an Australian Government and business partnership since 1992. They are the only national awards which focus exclusively on work and family achievements in the workplace.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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There are a number of flexible work options working carers could consider to help ease the burden of juggling work and care. On to consider is purchased leave whereby employees negotiate to take additional leave and have their salary averaged over the full year.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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Working carers often seek part time work to better enable them to balance work and care. But part-time jobs are hard to come by.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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Female employees today are being more selective about the organisations they want to work for with the Employer of Choice for Women (EOCFW) list making it an easier task to identify them.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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ITEAs, EBAs, workplace awards, individual contracts, collective bargaining and casualisation of the workforce – are all acronyms and phrases relating to the workplace and to agreements between employees and employers.
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 00:00 |
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I have been working for On-Focus Inc, a disability support organisation at Casino in Northern NSW since May 1998. I have a daughter with spina bifida – she’s 22 now – and an ageing mother.
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 00:00 |
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The recognition by employers that workers belong to families and that these families bring their own demands has resulted in an increasing number of ‘family-friendly workplaces’, according to a new discussion paper from the Sex Discrimination Unit.
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