Aurecon launches ‘Shared Care’ parental leave scheme in New Zealand
While momentum builds in the male-dominated property and construction sectors to improve gender equality, Aurecon’s CEO Giam Swiegers, a member of the STEM Male Champions of Change group, believes the pace of change remains too slow.
“Initiatives such as Shared Care are vital if we are to maintain the momentum in the property and construction sector
and retain the innovative STEM talent Australia needs to service our growing infrastructure and property industries,” he
said.
Swiegers, one of the 2010 Male Champions for Change foundation members, helped found the STEM Male Champions of Change
group in 2016, together with the company’s Managing Director, William Cox, a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Pay Equity Ambassador.
“Aurecon is proud to become the first Australian engineering consultancy to institute a Shared Care policy and hope that
other large firms in our industry will follow suit,” said Cox.
“Our initiative follows freight rail company Aurizon’s move to introduce its own Shared Care scheme in February,
encouraging other firms to consider such initiatives.”
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