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BY Sarah Patterson October 10, 2024
What's New March 8, 2023
SCA announces inclusive parental leave policy
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SCA will launch a renewed parental leave policy, SCA YourFamily, that provides further benefits for its people and continues to embrace a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
SCA YourFamily breaks down gender norms in family life to foster an even more equitable and inclusive environment at SCA, acknowledging that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and that everyone’s journey to parenthood is unique.
The policy will see the introduction of several new initiatives including:
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for a primary carer
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for those adopting or expecting a child through a surrogate
- 4 weeks paid parental leave for a secondary carer
- support for SCA’s people in the tragic event of the loss of a child
- leave can be taken flexibly across multiple blocks over a 12-month period.
SCA CEO Grant Blackley says “I am delighted to announce the SCA YourFamily parental leave policy and can confirm that SCA leads the media industry with our initiatives for parents.”
“As an organisation, it is imperative that we continue to contribute and champion gender equity through the channels available to us. One way that we can do this is by ensuring SCA’s policies and offerings foster an equitable playing field whilst making sure that all our existing and future employees feel valued and supported.”
“We are enormously proud of the people of SCA, their passion and experience and this policy complements our award-winning culture as we strive to be an industry leading employer of choice.”
SCA Chief People and Culture Officer Rebecca Ackland says “We know that becoming a parent is a life-changing experience and that many people face challenges in balancing work and family responsibilities. Our approach with this new policy has been to ensure our people can make decisions that are right for them and their families, and not have these decisions impact their ability to grow a meaningful career.”
“Returning to work for new parents can also be daunting. That’s why we are committed to providing our people with the support they need to succeed both at work and at home.
“SCA YourFamily recognises our changing society and workplace, providing our people, and those people in our future, with the comfort of being able to care for their family in the most equitable way possible.”
SCA YourFamily launches on 1 July 2023.
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BY Sarah Patterson October 10, 2024
SCA YourFamily recognises our changing society and workplace… um no nothings changed, children have always been born, adopted and tragedy has always occurred. There has been an increase in surrogates, fantastic to include that part of it… BUT… You are out to score points and it smells, soft launch would have been key here and probably reference the past too, where it seemed as if the only point in having a baby in radio was for a content spike and guilt placed on women in that network and others was perhaps still is enormous. New pathways on broken cobblestones, how short our memories have become.
Why don’t they try to lead the media industry with incentives for ratings?
2 women on the board – 2 women in the executive team who are the lowest paid
Women still being left off the leadership team
Pay gap not closing
Shall we talk equity?
Shame on you Southern Cross Austereo grand standing on a huge scale.
This is just embarrassing.
Are there any women in senior management at SCA. None that I can think of. This makes me sick reading this b*******t.
Not good enough. I used to work in radio and have now moved over to tech. The parental leave for a primary carer here is 40 weeks at full pay and 20 weeks for the secondary. This along with terrible pay is why radio stations are having a hard time finding staff.
And yet radio companies continue to spruik about revenue increases – where is the money going? Not to staff apparently.
Question for SCA:
Do you require primary careres to work for the organisation for a certain amount of time before they can access the funded parental leave? A number of leading Australian organisations are wiping this qualifying period to further close the gender gap.