Carers WA | Carers – Be Job Ready!

Carers WA has a program called 'Carers - Be Job Ready!' which supports carers in their return to employment by providing realistic information and practical skills which can be utilised to secure and maintain employment.

Carer Gateway | Your rights when working while caring

Carer Gateway has helpful information about your rights at work, talking with your employer, and reaching an agreement.

Carer Gateway | 12 ideas and links for working and caring

You might be an employee, as well as a carer. Many companies are developing ways to better support carers. This is good for carers, providing income, independence, and fulfillment.
Carer Gateway has outlined some ideas and helpful links on how your employer can support you and provided some links to help you discuss this topic with them.

Harrow Carers (UK) | Transferable Caring Skills for the Workplace

Harrow Carers is a service based in the UK for unpaid carers. Being a carer gives you a wide range of experience, knowledge, and skills that you can bring to the workplace. This information dives into the many transferable skills you bring to the table.

Future Women - Jobs Academy

Jobs Academy is a free, year long, virtual program, designed to help you find a job and build a rewarding career.

We know that if you’ve been out of work for a while, it can be daunting to start again. But with the right confidence, capabilities and connections, anything is possible. By joining Jobs Academy, you’ll become part of our vibrant community of professional women, and receive the mentoring and skills you need to reach your goals.

Future Women's Job Academy will also introduce you to employers who are looking to hire women like you, right now, to fill flexible, secure and rewarding jobs.

Work Force Australia

Workforce Australia is a place Australians can search and apply for jobs or find more information on their pathway to employment.

Salesforce Supermums

Salesforce is helping parents to realise their potential. By harnessing the power of the Salesforce eco-system they provide flexible well-paid career opportunities to those who are under or unemployed. Salesforce Superums programs have empowered trainees and volunteers from around the world to leave the program with confidence, skills, and work experience to pursue a new more flexible career.

How to make a comeback from a career break? Authentic communication is key.

An article in Women's Agenda about career breaks. Returning to work after taking extended time off can be truly daunting. In the digital age we live in, systems and processes change daily, workplaces adapt and roles shift. It’s inevitable then, that workers may feel underprepared and out of depth upon their return from a career break.

UNSW Business School: 2023 AGSM Career Comeback Application

The initiative targets professionals returning from a career break and those in part-time or hybrid roles seeking full-time positions. Successful recipients will attend a two-day AGSM short course ‘The Authentic Communicator: Activating Presence’ from February 12 to 13 2024, held in Sydney and will gain access to AGSM’s leadership resources and events. The application deadline has been extended and we encourage you to apply now for this opportunity.

The Carer-Inclusive Workplace Initiative

The Carer-Inclusive Workplace initiative emerged as a result of recommendations from the Australian Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit with the aim to promote equal opportunities and reduce barriers to employment for carers.

The Initiative encourages employers to self-assess their carer inclusive practices and policies. They can then explore and initiative improvements by taking up the extensive resources available on the web hub or even consider carer inclusive accreditation in this area!

Carers WA | Creating a carer-friendly workplace

Carers WA has created a guide for employers and employees to work towards becoming a carer-friendly workplace.

Carers NSW | 10 tips for a carer-friendly workplace

Carers NSW have pulled together their Top 10 Tips for a carer-friendly workplace. There are many ways that an organisation can better support carers in their workforce. Even a small, simple adjustment can make a significant difference.

Forbes | How Businesses Can Support Their Caregiving Employees

Danielle Kost contributes to Forbes Magazine on how businesses can support their employees who are carers.

Harvard Business School (US) | The Caring Company

Harvard Business School report on "How employers can help employees manage their caregiving responsibilities—while reducing costs and increasing productivity"

Carers Employers - Vimeo Video Suite or Resources

Access 10 videos to be on your way to becoming a certified carer-friendly workplace.

Carers + Employers

A project of Carers NSW supported by the NSW Government supporting carers in the workplace.

Future Women

Future Women is the only Australian organisation of its kind. We help employers create a culture that supports and celebrates women, improving recruitment, retention and promotion.

10-year-plan to unleash the full capacity and contribution of women to the Australian economy 2023 - 2033

The Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce was established to provide advice to the Australian Government to support the advancement of women’s economic equality and achieve gender equality, as committed to in the Women’s Budget Statements of October 2022 and May 2023.
The taskforce is an independent group of eminent women with valuable experience, expertise and insights across key economic, social and labour market contexts. All taskforce members were appointed by the Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher, to provide bold and independent recommendations to Government that:
- Drive women’s equality as an economic imperative.
- Inform the National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality.
- Advise on key issues arising from the Jobs and Skills Summit in September 2022, including informing work on the Jobs and Skills white paper.
- Assist in the implementation of gender-responsive policy and budgeting processes.

Gender Equity Insights series

Using data from WGEA's Employer Census, the eighth report in the BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Insights series has uncovered the most valuable actions employers can take to increase workplace gender equality and reduce gender pay gaps.

Gender Equity Insights 2023 series examined why progress towards narrowing gender pay gaps has been slow, and what actions and targets were needed to accelerate the pace of change.

The researchers found employers could be differentiated based on their approach to driving improved gender equity outcomes. BCEC's new ‘maturity framework’ categorises employers into four levels of maturity from 'base' to 'integrated' based on their actions.

Employers can use the maturity framework as a roadmap filled with evidence-based actions that create real change.