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Article: New ways balancing work & family needed: Andrews.
- Article from:
- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- September 30, 2005
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Sep 30, 2005 (Discrimination Alert - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian employers must take the lead inintroducing flexible workplace policies, todeal with an ageing workforce. Speaking at
the Equal Opportunity for Women in theWorkplace Agency (EOWA)'s 2005 businessachievement awards, Workplace Relations
Minister Kevin Andrews said that today'semployers must find new ways to meetemployees' needs, especially with balancing
work and family. He notes that there hasbeen some progress in this respect, withMarch 2004 Australian Bureau of Statistics