Word: a14
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...benefits tax reform, and incentives for employers to provide child care: "We have to start focusing on the workplace and taking the roadblocks away from employers." Some companies, like mining and chemicals giant Orica, aren't waiting for government-led reform. For staff at its Melbourne headquarters, Orica pays $A14,000 a year to a nearby child-care center for priority access to seven full-time places on a waiting list that can otherwise stretch two years. With 600 employees in that office alone, it's only a partial solution, admits human resources manager David McKinnon, but keeping employees with...