Insurance Australia Group (IAG), one of Australia’s largest companies, announced that it will double employees’ pay during their first six weeks back from maternity leave. That is on top of 14 weeks of paid maternity leave.
The “welcome back payment” is meant to incentivize these women to stay with the company.
“We found that women who were going on maternity leave were saying ’It’s difficult for me to come back or if I do come back it’s quite difficult to be there,’” said Mike Wilkins, CEO of IAG, “we want to make sure that we attract and retain the best people.”
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Wilkins said that the bonus is cost-effective because it is cheaper than recruiting and training new staffers, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. IAG aims to have one-third of its senior managers be women by 2015.
(Liberty Times)
澳洲最大公司之一的澳洲保險集團宣布,員工休完產假回來上班的頭六週薪水將加倍。這不包括在十四週的帶薪產假中。
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這項「歡迎歸隊獎勵金」,意在激勵這些女性繼續留在該公司工作。
「我們發現,休產假的婦女說︰『我回來上班有困難,或者我就算回來了,也很難全心投入』」,澳洲保險集團執行長麥克.威金斯說,「我們想確定我們吸引並留住最好的人才。」
根據澳洲廣播公司報導,威金斯說,這項紅利具成本效益,因為這樣比招募、訓練新人還便宜。澳洲保險集團力求二○一五年前達到高階經理中有三分之一是由女性出任。
(自由時報/翻譯:管淑平)
A: Also, police seized seven pornographic videos featuring minors that entertainer Mickey Huang purchased in his hard disc. B: That’s just outrageous! A: His ex-girlfriend entertainer Little S and some others are calling for a legal amendment to increase the penalty. B: The buyers and sellers should both be punished heavily. A: But the porn sellers’ Web sites are mostly overseas, so they are hard to catch. A: 此外警方也在黃子佼的硬碟裡,查到7部他買的未成年色情片。 B: 真是令人火大! A: 他的前女友小S等人,還呼籲修法,加重相關的罰則。 B: 購買者和販賣者雙方都該重罰。 A: 不過色情網站大多設在海外要抓也不容易吧。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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