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Welcome to Work and Family

Flexible work and family arrangements can assist both employers and employees improve the way their workplaces operate.

Latest news

• Flexibility benefits: creating flexible workplaces in the child care industry. A training programme for managers of centre based long-day care centres September 2007.

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• 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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• The restaurant and catering workplace flexibility project was launched by Minister Andrews in Melbourne on 27 September 2006, with the release of the publication, Serving up flexibility: creating flexible workplaces in the restaurant and catering industry. 

The information in this site is designed to encourage organisations and individuals to adopt best practice work and family policies using the opportunities for agreement making in the workplace relations system.

• 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.
• Work and family research provides information on research into work and family issues both in Australia and overseas.
• Related links contains National, State and Territory, and International links with relevant information about work and family.
• Work and family events (seminars and conferences) taking place around Australia.

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