Provide childcare sick leave

Cut by MP Louis Ng during Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Committee of Supply debate 2020 Provide childcare sick leave It has been more than a decade since childcare leave provisions were increased and it is time to review this again. There is clearly insufficient childcare leave provided. Will PMO consider having specific childcare sick leave and providing this on a per child basis? Having a childcare sick leave and having it on a per child basis is not something foreign to this government.....

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Extending parental leave and childcare leave

Cuts by MP Louis Ng during Prime Minister’s Office’s Committee of Supply Debate 2019 Extending childcare leave Young couples are rightly concerned about whether they have the means to bring up a child. It is now not just “money not enough”, but also “time and leave not enough”. The current 6 days of childcare leave and unpaid infant care leave is insufficient. It doesn’t make sense that the amount of leave doesn’t increase when you have more kids.....

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