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Father's days: increasing the 'daddy quota' in parental leave makes everyone happier

  • Written by Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
Father's days: increasing the 'daddy quota' in parental leave makes everyone happierThere's increasing evidence that encouraging fathers to take paternity leave has positive, perhaps even surprising, results.www.shutterstock.com

“To all the Dads in Australia,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared in his Father’s Day message last year, “keep up the good work, because the kids of our country need the best...

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