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Family Impact StatementPosted: 26 November 2005Author: Don Edgar Position: Consultant on Family and Work Matters
SummaryFamily Impact Statement on 'WorkChoices' - the proposed new industrial relations regimeDuring the 2004 federal election campaign, Prime Minister Howard undertook (as part of his discussions with Family First Senate candidate Steve Fielding, to prepare a Family Impact Statement on every new piece of proposed government legislation. That undertaking has not been met. In the absence of any Family Impact Statement on the proposed 'WorkChoices' industrial relations legislation, Unions NSW invited me to write one.Clearly, there is a close link between working conditions and the quality of family life. I have written extensively on the 'work family balance', arguing that we should see work and family not as opposites, but as joint factors contributing to life satisfaction and dignity. The one is not opposed to the other, though they inevitably impact on our capacity to meet changing demands in each domain. Family and community work may not be paid, but they are crucial to the viability of our economy as a whole. It is important to the nation, therefore, to have policies and systems in place that help employees meet both their obligations to employers and to meet their wider family and community responsibilities More information  Family Impact Statement prepared for Unions NSW [ pdf ]
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