The history of welfare and paid maternity leave in Australia

O'Neill, MS; Johns, RE

The history of welfare and paid maternity leave in Australia

O'Neill, MS Johns, RE

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Publisher:: International Employment Relations Association
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: IERA 2009 17th Annual Conference: Book of Proceedings, 2009, pp. 172 - 196
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	O'Neill, MS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johns, RE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3357-4719	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Connell, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Jepsen, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Johns, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Spooner, K	en_US
dc.date	2009-06-30	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	IERA 2009 17th Annual Conference: Book of Proceedings, 2009, pp. 172 - 196	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-9750131-9-9	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11435
dc.description.abstract	Australia has a long tradition of providing women with welfare payments that correlate with maternity and having children. Since 1912, consecutive Australian governments have opted for welfare payments as opposed to opting for legislating universal paid maternity leave. This paper examines the history of welfare and paid maternity leave in Australia by examining the role maternity related welfare and paid maternity leave have played in the Australian context. Consideration is given to the implications maternity related welfare and paid maternity leave have had from the social, political and economical paradigms. The paper concludes that while it is clear that the provision of maternity welfare payment to families presents some obvious benefits, such as lowering infant mortality, maternity welfare does not take into account the implication that having a child can have upon women in paid employment and womens `dual responsibilities.	en_US
dc.publisher	International Employment Relations Association	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	IERA 2009 17th Annual Conference: Book of Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Employment Relations Association Conference	en_US
dc.title	The history of welfare and paid maternity leave in Australia	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Bangkok, Thailand	en_US
utslib.for	150305 Human Resources Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Bangkok, Thailand	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.place-of-publication	Australia	en_US
pubs.start-date	2009-06-30	en_US

Abstract:

Australia has a long tradition of providing women with welfare payments that correlate with maternity and having children. Since 1912, consecutive Australian governments have opted for welfare payments as opposed to opting for legislating universal paid maternity leave. This paper examines the history of welfare and paid maternity leave in Australia by examining the role maternity related welfare and paid maternity leave have played in the Australian context. Consideration is given to the implications maternity related welfare and paid maternity leave have had from the social, political and economical paradigms. The paper concludes that while it is clear that the provision of maternity welfare payment to families presents some obvious benefits, such as lowering infant mortality, maternity welfare does not take into account the implication that having a child can have upon women in paid employment and womens `dual responsibilities.

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