Welcome to Work and Family
Flexible work and family arrangements assists employers and employees better balance their work and life responsibilities which leads to improved workplace productivity.
Latest news
- Fresh Ideas for Work and Family provides information about the Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program as announced by The Hon. Julia Gillard, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. More details will be available once the Program has been launched.
- The Winners of the 2007 Work and Family Awards were announced on 18 July 2007. To find out more about the Awards, please go to our 2007 Work & Family Awards page.
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This information is designed to encourage organisations and individuals to put in place best practice options using flexible work and family arrangements.
- Fact sheets dealing with issues such as how to make a family friendly workplace, as well as information on parental leave and personal/carer's leave which have changed as a result of the workplace relations reforms.
- Legislation and policy page provides information about federal and international legislation affecting work and family.
- Work & Family Awards page has information about the National Work and Family Awards, including the 2007 Work & Family Awards, previous Awards winners, and the history of the Awards.
- The Telework Taskforce page provides information about the Government convened committee responsible for investigating and making recommendations on the issue of teleworking (working away from the office) in Australia.
- Workplace Flexibility Industry Projects have been undertaken in both the retail and restaurant and catering industries in 2005/06.
- Publications lists published works on topics relating to work and family balance, and flexible working arrangements.
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Related links contains National, State and Territory, and International links with relevant information about work and family.
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