For many carers, balancing paid work with caring responsibilities is made even harder by insecure employment, financial pressure and limited workplace flexibility.
In its submission to the Select Committee on Work and Care, South East Monash Legal Service highlighted the experiences of carers in low-paid and precarious work, advocating for stronger job security, improved leave entitlements, better childcare and parental leave arrangements, and greater protections for migrant workers, gig workers and people with disability
