Australian businesses lead way in paid family and domestic violence leave

More than 1 million employees have access to paid FDV leave, with about 660,000 granted at least 10 days

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Australian businesses appear to be moving forward with paid family and domestic violence leave - something Michaelia Cash once warned would lead to fewer jobs for women - despite the government's reluctance to adopt it as a universal right.

Flinders University completed an analysis of Australia's workplace agreement database and found a third of enterprise agreements approved by the Fair Work Commission included paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave for employees.