Family

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Family Community Friendly Workplaces

• Strategic Approaches
• Lisa Heap Australian Services Union

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The 21st Century Approach
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New Orientation

• Not about the impact of family on work
• About the impact of work on family and the
  community

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Broad Focus

• Takes account of work, family, personal and
  community commitments
• Employees as human beings with lives outside of
  work

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Job design and workplace culture

• Employees have control over how, when and where
  they work.
• Not just policies programs
• Access to policy and programs requires change in
  workplace culture

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Impact on business outcomes

• Not just a social justice issue
• Doesnt just benefit employees
• Positive business outcomes
• Employers of choice

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For Men Women

• Requires a shift in work place culture
• Can be challenging to individuals
• Not just for those with children

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Initiatives reflect reality of workers lives

• Broader than day care for pre-school children
• Suite of entitlements
• Care for other family/community members
• Workers as members of communities too.

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Maria

• Age Early 30s
• Son aged 3
• Admin Officer private sector firm
• Works Full-time
• Partner works full-time
• Secretary Childcare Committee of Management

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Issues
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John

• Age Mid 30s
• Single no children
• IT professional
• Works full-time
• Studying part-time
• Volunteer Community Legal Centre

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Issues
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Mark

• Age 40
• Divorced
• Two sons 12 17
• Primary carer for half a week
• Council Employee
• President School Council
• Coaches kids soccer

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Issues
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Jane

• Age 50 ish
• Adult children grandchildren
• Elderly parents
• Works full-time
• Social Worker not for profit community
  organisation

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Issues
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Solutions
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Maria

• Flexible start/finish times
• Acceptance that most days must leave at 5.00pm
• Participate in reading roster leave for this
• Roster days or flexi days for special days
• Work from home when child ill during shut down
• Ability to produce minutes of childcare committee
  meeting and take phone calls about committee at
  work

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John

• Limits on work load / working hours
• Leave to attend lectures tutorials
• Study leave for exams
• Agreement to allow one morning per week
  attendance at CLC
• Approval to use laptop and mobile for CLC related
  business and to do some of this during working
  hours

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Mark

• Flexibility of hours arrangement of hours in
  part of week where dont have children
• Purchase of additional annual leave
• Approval of up to three hours per week to attend
  to school council business
• Can leave work at 4.00pm on Thursdays to coach
  soccer

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Jane

• Recognition of role as carer for grandchildren
  parents
• Leave for illnesses injury
• Ability to meet with care providers during
  working hours
• Support from employer in finding appropriate
  quality care
• Approval to make parent related phone calls
  during working hours

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A Life Line of Entitlements
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20   25   30   35   40   45   50   60
 
 
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A Change in Workplace Culture

• Policy Practice
• Job Work Design
• Working Hours
• Work Load
• Staffing
• Training Development
• Evaluation

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A Change in Union Culture?

• Do we have a whole of life approach?
• What are our priorities in bargaining?
• Do we value family/community roles?
• Have we let this become a HR issue?
• Whats our training like?

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What does the ASUs 21st Century Agenda look like?
Culture Claims Campaigns   Reps
Training