How many companies can afford to pay maternity/paternity leave in addition to annual leave, long service leave etc? They also have to pay superannuation on top of that. I’m not sure whether the Govt. force them to pay Workcover for employees while they are on leave. It often results in the company having to employ another person for the duration. I persoanlly know of people who have had work/ sometimes under contract for the length of time taken for maternity leave. I haven’t heard of any for paternity leave. I would put even more strain on a company if both parents work for the same company. I wonder if the Govt. subsidises this to help businesses pay the extra payments. A lot of small companies are struggling to survive. Too many taking extra leave may close a business.

Good on you Mark!

Lke nh

I’m very glad he made this decision. Hopefully much more employers will follow him.

I can’t help feeling conflicting views when reading this – on one had, Im glad he supports paternity leave, and on the other (the cynical side of me), I wonder when he started offering paternity leave – when he was thinking about himself? He has enough $$$ to offer more than 4 months to his employees, doesn’t he?

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  • • mom160421 replied
    • 30 Nov 2015 , 1:36 pm

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  This is what I was thinking MoM165081.

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    • • mom94125 replied
      • 01 Dec 2015 , 8:14 pm

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    yes it hit home when it happened to him

Good on him and all the very best to you, mum and bub.

How lucky is he to be his own boss and in the capacity of being able to implement this time off. 4 months with your baby isn’t enough time, but I guess it’s better then those who offer nothing

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  • • mom94125 replied
    • 09 Jan 2016 , 9:36 pm

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  yes 4 months sure does fly and yes, it is better than nothing!