SYDNEY - PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd said on Monday that Australia will introduce paid maternity leave, noting it was time the country adopted a system to reward women for caring for their infants.
The Productivity Commission recommended a taxpayer-funded scheme under which the primary carer of a child would receive 18 weeks' paid maternity leave at the minimum wage rate, now US$544 (S$644) a week.
Employers currently only have to give women 12 months of unpaid leave when they have a baby.
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