Submissions for Supporting Working Parents: Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review

Sex Discrimination

The submissions process for the Supporting Working Parents: Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review is now closed.

The Australian Human Rights Commission invited written submissions from:

women who have experienced discrimination while pregnant, and women and men who experienced discrimination while on parental leave, and/or upon their return to work following parental leave;
organisations that work with women who have experienced discrimination while pregnant, and women and men who experienced discrimination while on parental leave, and/or upon their return to work following parental leave; and
employer, business and industry associations.

Submissions received

Disclaimer: In accordance with the terms of the submissions process, the Australian Human Rights Commission has:

not listed below or published any confidential submissions; and
in some cases, edited or not published (where an edited copy could not reasonably be published) the non-confidential submissions, in order to protect the identity of third parties, or where otherwise appropriate.

The Commission notes that the submissions listed below may contain errors. They do not represent the views of the Commission.

Submissions received from women and men who have experienced discrimination at work while pregnant, or while on or on return to work after taking parental leave.

Submissions received from employer, business and industry associations, and responses to the online questionnaire for employers

Submissions received from community organisations, statutory agencies, unions, professional and women’s associations