Union calls for paid maternity leave to be phased in
Tuesday, 03 March 2009
The secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Sharan Burrow, has called on the Rudd Government to keep its promise on paid maternity leave by phasing the scheme in over the next few years.  ...

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Paid maternity leave won't cost SMEs: Gillard
Thursday, 31 January 2008
The Federal Government would not support any paid maternity leave system that would impose an additional financial burden on small business. Nor would it act in any way to impose administrative complexity on small business. This is the pledge made by deputy ...

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Rudd’s new line-up mixes youth and experience
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Craig Emerson has retained responsibility for small business, independent contractors and the service economy - and takes on a new task of assisting the Minister for Business Deregulation - in the new Labor ministry announced by Kevin Rudd today. But Emerson ...

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