Parental Leave Benchmark 2026
See the Full Picture of Parental Leave: Benchmark your policy, shape parent experience, and deliver business outcomes.
What if you've only been seeing half the picture?
Parental leave is often judged by policy alone: what it offers, how much it pays, and how it compares on paper. But policy is only part of the picture.
The Parental Leave Benchmark 2026 explores what happens before, during and after leave, combining employer data and parent experiences to uncover the experiences, systems and practices that truly shape parental leave outcomes.
Inside the Report
How Does Your Policy Compare?
Use our interactive calculator to compare your parental leave offering with employers in your sector or organisation size group.
"No contact, despite my manager saying they would occasionally share key updates. A change of manager with no introduction. No check-in. No human touch."
- Parent survey respondent, Parental Leave Benchmark 2026
Where Are the Gaps in Your System?
What Parents Tell Us
What Employers Are Doing
Explore Previous Benchmark Reports
See how parental leave priorities, parent expectations and employer support strategies have evolved over time.
