Comments on: Abbott, paid parental leave and the ghost of Bob Santamaria

By: Chav

Chav — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:04:10 +0000

Arjay, with all the subsidies government provides business, who is the goose?

By: Arjay

Arjay — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:22:26 +0000

Tony Abbott has done this to win the female vote.It was ill considered and was not done in consultation with his party.I think Tony is a little overcome with his new found power.

Why not do a compromise?Let couples who have a child income split and pay less tax but also the employer takes some of the burden paying 50% of wages for that duration.The job however will not remain open for the employee to return unless the employer so desires.

Many talented females often do part time work during pregnancy for their employers anyway.

The system has to be flexible.You have to remember John ,that private enterprise provides the wealth for Govt to operate and you don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

By: robert halsey

robert halsey — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:29:53 +0000

When women start losing their jobs and othersfindit impossible to get jobs then they should remember Tony Abbot in their prayers of thanksgiving for their generous awards.

And dont say this wont happen. If you were a struggling employer and had a dozen such women demanding their new awards what would do?
Give them all their entitlements and then go broker and pull the shutters down and close your doors for the last time. Then makeyour way to CentreLink.
socratease

By: Sylvia Else

Sylvia Else — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:06:01 +0000

A tax on big business (to the extent that they’ll pay it) is a tax on shareholders. If, for reasons of social policy, we believe that mothers should be compensated for the time they take away from employment to produce children, then society as a whole should pay, not just the portion of society who happen to hold shares in large profitable companies.

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