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Not all workers have access to maternity leave and even fewer are entitled to paid maternity leave. The ASU is campaigning on this issue to try to redress the balance.
In the absence of a national paid maternity leave scheme (something which will materialise soon, hopefully) women only have access to this condition if it has been won through negotiations with their employer.
The ASU has published a guide on how to put paid maternity leave on the enterprise bargaining table (download link below). "Paid Maternity Leave: Everyone Benefits" provides information to equip you to deal with the usual arguments raised against paid maternity leave.
If you don't have paid maternity leave in your workplace and you are just about to embark on enterprise bargaining, make sure you and the employee representatives on the bargaining unit have a copy of this guide!
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New ASU brochure on Paid Maternity Leave - 19 Nov 2003
The ASU National Office has produced a new brochure on the topic of paid maternity leave. It is intended provide information about the issue as well as equip members with the tools to negotiate for it in their workplaces.
ASU sets pace on paid Maternity leave at P&O Nedlloyd - 14 weeks - 18 Feb 2003
ASU members have set a new benchmark for paid maternity leave in the shipping industry, in an agreement which provides for up to 14 weeks paid maternity leave. This is in addition to provisions for 6 weeks paid adoption leave, and 1 weeks paid paternity leave.
ASU welcomes ACTU's maternity leave campaign - 17 July 2002
ASU National Secretary Paul Slape today said that the ASU fully supports the ACTU campaign for paid maternity leave for working women.
Congratulations MEU on paid maternity leave win - 1 Nov 2001
The Municipal Employees Union Branch of Australia's largest local government union, the ASU, has today announced that the NSW peak employer body for local government, the LGSA & Shires Association has agreed to have the Local Government Employees Award varied, by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, and accept the Union claim for Paid Maternity Leave for women in local government.
ASU wins on paid maternity leave - 18 Aug 2001
This week has been an important week for the ASU's pursuit of paid maternity leave payments for members of the ASU. Two significant outcomes before the Federal and State Commissions have been achieved.
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