Published: May 27, 2019
Mothers take 95% of the primary carers leave and the birth of a child has little impact on fathers’ employment, report says
Mothers take 95% of the primary carers leave in Australia, and a lack of legislated shared parental leave, traditional gender roles and the gender pay gap are all working to prevent fathers from taking on the role, a report published on Tuesday says.
An analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics employment and time-use data found that the birth of a child had little impact on the employment of fathers – just one in 20 fathers took primary parental leave, a low proportion by global standards.
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