Submission to the Productivity Commission on paid parental leave - May 2008

NIFTeY NSW would like to present the case for not 12 or 26 but at least 52 weeks’ paid parental leave, on the basis of meeting the needs of the child.

In doing so we want to address two aspects of the Terms of Reference for the Productivity Commission:

The Commission has been asked to:

• Identify the economic, productivity and social costs and benefits of providing paid maternity, paternity and parental leave.

Second, the fundamental basis for those benefits flow from:

• The development of young children, including the particular development needs of newborns in their first 2 years.

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