Parents & families
This page will help you find the information you need to understand your rights and responsibilities as a parent, carer or pregnant employee in the workplace.
On this page:
- Parental and caring responsibilities
- Pregnancy in the workplace
- Parental leave for Mums and Dads
- Balancing work and family
- Workplace issues for parents and families
- Tools and resources
- Related information
Parental and caring responsibilities
Employees who are pregnant or have parental or caring responsibilities can often take leave or request to set up flexible arrangements to help balance their work and family. Parental and caring responsibilities can include looking after:
- a child who is school aged or younger
- an immediate family or household member who is sick or injured
- an immediate family or household member who needs care and support because of family or domestic violence.
Pregnancy in the workplace
Find information about pregnancy and the workplace at our Pregnant employee entitlements page.
Parental leave for Mums and Dads
Find information about applying for and taking leave after having or adopting a child on our Maternity and parental leave pages:
- Applying for parental leave
- Taking parental leave
- Paid parental leave
- Keeping in touch days
- Other leave entitlements during parental leave.
Find information about what happens when parental leave ends:
- Ending employment during parental leave
- Extending parental leave
- Going back to work early
- Returning to work from parental leave.
Balancing work and family
Find information about leave and other arrangements which can help employees balance work and family responsibilities:
You can also use our Templates to help you apply for leave and flexible working arrangements.
Workplace issues for parents and families
Parents in the workplace can’t be disadvantaged because of their family responsibilities or pregnancy.
Find out more about:
- Protections at work (including discrimination)
- Bullying and harassment.