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PARENTS AT WORKMembership Services Overview
Creating Family Friendly Workplaces of the Future
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WELCOME TO PARENTS AT WORK Parents At Work is a membership-based social enterprise providing world leading education and policy advisory services to create family friendly workplaces.
We partner with organisations to implement best practice policy and support services.
We have provided over
100,000 families globally with career, family and wellbeing
services.
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FOR ORGANISATIONS
✓ Achieve recognition as a family friendly Employer of Choice
✓ Attract, engage and retain talent✓ Improve gender equality✓ Enhance health & wellbeing
of employees✓ Reduce unconscious bias
and discrimination
FOR EMPLOYEES
✓ Work + Family Hub✓ Parental Leave communications
and toolkits✓ Work Life Transition Coaching✓ THRIVE Masterclass✓ Webinars and Podcasts designed
for Dads, Mums and Carers
FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
✓ Design and implement Family Friendly Workplace practices
✓ Review parental leave and flexible work policies
✓ Access best practice guides✓ Gain employee insights and
measure work life engagement
FOR MANAGERS
✓ Manager Training - video guides and toolkit
✓ Work + Family Hub✓ Communications to Managers
of parental leavers✓ Face to face training
HOW WE PARTNER WITH YOUParents At Work collaborate with organisations to help set and deliver minimum benchmark standards, working to recognise your organisation as a Family Friendly Employer.
Through our partnership, your organisation will:
✓ Have an end-to-end parental and carer transition program that delivers a family friendly workplace culture
✓ Promote gender equality by supporting and encouraging men and women to share the caring while combining career and family life
✓ Boost support for key leaders and managers, empowering them to make policy and practices a success
✓ Raise the awareness of unconscious bias and minimise legal risks associated with pregnancy and carer discrimination
✓ Enhance your reputation as a Family Friendly Employer of Choice, attract the best talent, reduce the cost of staff turnover and increase levels of engagement
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WHY JOIN
“One of the best measures of success of an
organisation’s culture is how well it supports
its people to thrive at work and at home.”Emma Walsh, CEO and Founder Parents At Work
Be part of a growing number of family-friendly employers.
Becoming a member of Parents At Work means you join a network of organisations committed to creating family friendly workplaces.
We partner with you to achieve recognition as a family friendly workplace.
Family-friendly policies and practices increase employee morale, job satisfaction and productivity while reducing absenteeism, disengagement and recruitment costs.
Achieve Employer of Choice
Recognition
Attract, Engage Retain Talent
Reduce Risk of
Discrimination
Improve Gender Equality
Enhance Employee Wellbeing
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WELLBEING 62% of Australia’s working parents and carers report significant difficulties managing their physical and mental health due to competing
work and family pressures
The National Working Families Report 2019
62%
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EMPLOYER IMPACT 1 in 4 working parents and carers say they have
considered – or actively intend – leaving their job in the next 12 months due to difficulties combining
their job with caring responsibilities
The National Working Families Report 2019
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CHILD CARE 1 in 3 – 38% of people want
more access to caring support from their employer
The National Working Families Report 2019
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38%
PARENTAL LEAVE 57% of fathers and 1/3 of mothers report
that their parental leave is ‘too short’
The National Working Families Report 2019
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57% 33%
FLEXIBILITY 46% of respondents say that an employees’
commitment to their job is questioned if they used family-friendly work arrangements
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The National Working Families Report 2019
46%
MANAGERS 1 in 5 employees are not comfortable talking to their manager about work
and family leave
The National Working Families Report 2019
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WHY DOES IT MATTER?The 2019 National Working Families Survey report provided valuable insights into what people want from their employers. Here are a few reasons why it matters that you support your people in combining work and family. Read the full report here.
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MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEWParents At Work partner with organisations to develop and deliver services that improve work life balance and gender equality outcomes by:
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Designing best practice parental leave and flexible work policies that support work-life integration
Delivering parental leave transition support through communications, training and coaching services for mums, dads and carers
Providing manager education and training to support parental leave transition and flexible working
Delivering an online Work + Family Hub providing toolkits, videos and extensive resources for working families
Delivering work-life wellbeing workshops, webinars and podcasts for employees
Connecting employees to our network of career management, parenting, childcare, elder care and wellbeing experts
Providing research, thought leadership and employee insights on work life wellbeing to HR teams
Endorsing and recognising organisations as a ‘family friendly workplace’
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EMPLOYER MEMBERSHIP INCLUSIONSBeing an Employer Member of Parents At Work provides your workplace with a range of benefits and services to embed best practice family friendly work practices, enhance work life balance and achieve gender equality outcomes. We partner with you to create a family friendly strategy and action plan for your organisation so you can be recognised as an Employer of Choice.
Employer Members have access to:
EMPLOYER OF CHOICE FOR FAMILIESWe advise HR teams on how to develop a Family Friendly Workplace strategy, recommendations and action plan so your organisation can be recognised as an employer of choice for families.
THE EMPLOYER HUB The Employer Hub is an interactive portal that gives employers instant access to best practice policy guides and toolkits, the latest market research, thought leadership driven events, an online forum to connect with your member network, an employer focused podcast and more.
NETWORKING & EVENTSAs an Employer Member, we provide priority access to Parents At Work employer webinars and roundtables with guest speakers and experts. Your employees and leaders can also attend general group webinars on managing the work-family juggle – with special delivery for COVID-19 response.
POLICY REVIEW AND ASSESSMENTWe will review the effectiveness of existing parental leave, flexible work and other family friendly workplace policies and processes against best practice and minimum standards.
GIVING BACKAs a member of Parents At Work, your organisation is giving back. We donate time and funding towards important research, gender equality and family advocacy initiatives and contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP INCLUSIONS
Individual Membership options include a range of services to support your employees and managers to plan and prepare for parental leave, return to work, manage career and caring responsibilities, create flexible work arrangements and more.
Our services for employees and managers include:
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PARENTAL LEAVE TRANSITION SUPPORT Includes pre, during and post parental leave communications, toolkits, online courses and resources.
MANAGER TRAINING Toolkits, guides and online resources to increase manager awareness and support for parental leave and flexible work.
WORK LIFE WELLBEING RESOURCES Live and online sessions designed for dads, mums & carers – including face to face forums, webinars and podcasts.
TRAINING WORKSHOPS We can provide inhouse tailored work life wellbeing workshops for employees and managers.
WORK + FAMILY HUB Access to learning Hub with career, family and wellbeing resources. Concierge service included for personalised support with questions on any topic.
COACHING Work life wellbeing coaching for employees in career and parental transition and beyond.
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CUSTOMISE YOUR MEMBERSHIP
Every workplace is different and we recognise that your business will have unique needs and challenges. Work with us to customise your membership with an Enterprise solution. With this approach you will benefit from both Employer and Individual Membership services.
CUSTOMISED SERVICES:
✓ Parental Leave Communications
✓ Return to Work Program
✓ Work + Family Hub
✓ Flexible Work Policies
✓ Parental Leave Policies
✓ Manager Training
✓ Career, Family and Wellbeing Workshops
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OUR MEMBER ORGANISATIONSParents At Work supports working parents and carers in organisations across Australia and globally. These companies include:
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OUR PARTNERSHIPSParents At Work partners are carefully selected to provide our clients with access to leading experts across career, family and wellbeing.
This enables organisations to have one point of contact through Parents At Work while remaining at the forefront on leading practice solutions across all aspects of working families.
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GIVING BACKBecoming a member of Parents At Work means your organisation is giving back. Parents At Work donates time and funding towards important research, gender equality and family advocacy initiatives designed to support parents and carers globally and contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This includes initiatives like the National Working Families Survey, Aussie Dads Photography Exhibition, Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network (APLEN), and more. Your organisation can choose to be a part of these type of initiatives. Contact us for more information on our current project.
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CONTACT USWe will provide you with a fee quote when we have understood your requirements and ensured that we are recommending the solution that will best meet the needs of your organisation.
For more information
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