Paid Parental Leave: Support for Parents with Newborn Children

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• Preliminaries (PDF - 194 Kb)
  Cover, Copyright, Terms of reference, Contents, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations and Glossary
• Overview - including key points (PDF - 154 Kb)
  
• Recommendations (PDF - 64 Kb)
• 1 Objectives of statutory paid parental leave (PDF - 126 Kb)
  1.1 Introduction
  1.2 What has the Commission been asked to do?
  1.3 What objectives might a mandatory scheme seek to achieve?
  1.4 Some rationales are stronger than others
  1.5 Some issues for scheme design
• 2 What we are proposing and why (PDF - 248 Kb)
  2.1 How to view the model
  2.2 The model
  2.3 How financially generous should the scheme be?
  2.4 Who should finance the scheme?
  2.5 Eligibility and requirements for use
  2.6 The duration and timing of leave
  2.7 Measures to reduce business burdens
  2.8 Complementary policies
  2.9 The cost of the scheme
  2.10 Review
• 3 Parental leave in Australia today (PDF - 154 Kb)
  3.1 Introduction
  3.2 What are the rules governing parental leave now?
  3.3 Who is eligible for parental leave?
  3.4 The current usage of parental leave in Australia
  3.5 Summary
• 4 Child and maternal welfare (PDF - 239 Kb)
  4.1 Leave prior to the birth of a child
  4.2 Maternal recovery
  4.3 Breastfeeding – benefits for children and mothers
  4.4 Child health (breastfeeding aside) and development
  4.5 Fathers
  4.6 Choosing an optimal leave period
• 5 The labour market impacts of paid parental leave (PDF - 212 Kb)
  5.1 The dimensions of labour market impacts
  5.2 The female labour market experience
  5.3 Labour market outcomes as a rationale for action
  5.4 The labour market impacts of paid parental leave
  5.5 The empirical evidence
  5.6 The bottom line
• 6 Social and cultural issues (PDF - 111 Kb)
  6.1 Introduction
  6.2 Supporting people's efforts to balance paid work and family life
  6.3 Greater opportunities for fathers
  6.4 Gender equity objectives
  6.5 Reflecting society's norms
• 7 Business impacts (PDF - 147 Kb)
  7.1 Introduction
  7.2 Business costs
  7.3 Business benefits
  7.4 Effects on existing voluntary schemes
• 8 Financing and delivery options (PDF - 203 Kb)
  8.1 Introduction
  8.2 Direct employer financing
  8.3 Pooled levy arrangements
  8.4 Portable leave savings accounts
  8.5 Income contingent loans
  8.6 Concessional business tax arrangements
  8.7 Parental leave financed through general government revenue
  8.8 Delivery options
• 9 Interaction with social welfare payments (PDF - 144 Kb)
  9.1 Interaction with other government payments
  9.2 Interaction with the tax system
  9.3 The bottom line
• Appendix A Consultations (PDF - 80 Kb)
• Appendix B How much will it cost? (PDF - 95 Kb)
• References (PDF - 140 Kb)

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• Appendix C Trends in parental leave (PDF - 102 Kb)
• Appendix D Child welfare and development (PDF - 160 Kb)
• Appendix E Eligibility requirements (PDF - 111 Kb)
• Appendix F Eligibility for government payments (PDF - 46 Kb)
• Appendix G Paid parental leave and return to work (PDF - 90 Kb)
• Appendix H Breastfeeding — evidence of health benefits (PDF - 73 Kb)
• Appendix I What payment level? (PDF - 34 Kb)
• Appendix J Short birth spacings and eligibility (PDF - 39 Kb)
• Appendix K Businesses affected by parental leave (PDF - 44 Kb)
• Appendix L Distributional impact (PDF - 82 Kb)