Monash University
www.monash.edu.au - 14 weeks paid maternity leave, with an additional 38 weeks at 60% pay.
- Staff may return to work on a part-time basis before the 38-week period ends and if so, the outstanding entitlement will be added to their pay.
- Any outstanding entitlement from the 38 weeks at 60% pay be directed to the payment of child-care fees when the Monash child-care facilities are used.
- Breastfeeding room on campus
- Flexible working arrangements available
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American Express/Amex
www.amex.com.au - Six weeks parental leave at 50 % pay, plus an additional six weeks at 50% pay if the carer returns to work.
- Offers a childcare referral service to help parents find holiday programmes and childcare.
- A travel/parking allowance for women in their third trimester of pregnancy, plus priority parking.
- Flexible working arrangements.
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National Bank Australia
www.nab.com.au - 12 weeks pay, which can be distributed in a lump sum, or over a six-week, 12-week or 24-week period.
- Employees are entitled to one week's pre-natal leave for medical appointments prior to birth. Partners can also attend appointments for up to eight hours for each pregnancy.
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UBS AG
www.ubs.com - 15 weeks paid maternity leave, with no minimum service requirement
- Pay can be taken as a lump sum or at 50% over 30 weeks etc
- Adoption leave offers the same benefits
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Australian Catholic University
www.acu.edu.au - 12 months paid maternity leave, including 12 weeks at full pay and 40 weeks and 60% pay
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Macquarie University
www.mq.edu.au - 26 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional four weeks paid leave for the partner at the time of birth - based on service
- Contractors and long-term casuals may eligible for benefits
- Men and same-sex partners are eligible for parental leave as primary carers
- Parental leave can be shared, taken full-time, part-time or in broken periods over two years.
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Cummins Engine Company Ltd
www.cumminsengine.com.au - 15 weeks paid leave, with partners entitled to two weeks paid leave
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Acumen Alliance (ACT) Pty Ltd
www.acumen.com.au - Acumen was one of the first companies to introduce three months' paid maternity leave.
- Unlimited unpaid maternity leave is available.
- Paid paternity leave is available
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Sydney University
www.usyd.edu.au - 14 weeks paid maternity leave, plus 38 weeks at 60% pay
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VICSUPER
www.vicsuper.com.au - 14 weeks of paid leave
- The possibility of a total of two years total unpaid leave.
- A strong communications program with staff on maternity leave.
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Australian society would do well to open its collective mind to styles of work outside the economic rationalist view, that seems biased towards limited life/work balance & inevitabily excludes mothers of young families.
The professional dialogue for managers to consider meaningful discussion for women to reenter the work force after maternity leave is shameful.