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Schedule meetings within normal working hours;
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Ensure your staff take their annual leave in the year that it is due;
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Negotiate flexible start and finish times;
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Allow staff to have a say in rostering arrangements;
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Introduce make-up time so staff can make up hours if they need to attend an appointment;
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Allow your staff to use their sick leave entitlements to care for family members;
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Broaden the definition of 'family' (to include more distant relatives) for the purposes of bereavement leave;
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Provide information on local contacts to help staff find child care, school holiday care and elder/respite care;
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Provide an emergency phone for employees to contact family members (eg an older child sick at home);
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Allow staff to take annual leave in single days;
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Allow staff to use work mobile phones for emergency family reasons;
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Discourage weekend work and staying back late in the office except in exceptional circumstances;
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Introduce a 'keep in touch' plan for staff on maternity leave;
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Hold a 'Bring your Child to Work' day or a family picnic day;
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Allow leave without pay for cultural purposes;
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Extend social events such as happy hours to families and partners;
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Consider the needs of partners and families in any relocations and movements;
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Introduce a workplace policy for breastfeeding employees;
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Include a summary of your company's work and family policy in a letter of offer to new employees;
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Put work and family issues on the agenda to discuss at the next round of negotiations for your workplace agreement.