Parents & Carers at Xero Australia

Supporting families and carers

In 2022, we launched a new program of inclusive benefits to support our people when they are starting or growing their family. Our support for parents is available to all permanent employees globally, regardless of their gender identity, how they become a parent, or how long they’ve been with Xero. Since we introduced our gender-neutral parenting benefits, 10% of employees taking up parental leave have been men.

We also provide support for Xeros who have caring responsibilities through paid carer’s leave, which they can use to care for sick children, older parents or any other family members who require support. This is in addition to flexible and remote working arrangements, which help our people to balance work and family responsibilities.

The Xero caregivers platform

Balancing work and caregiving is a huge challenge, whether you’re planning or starting a family, navigating parenthood at all stages and/or caring for others such as elderly parents.

Xero is proud to partner with Circle In to launch our caregivers platform. The platform is a place for employees with caregiving responsibilities, and the people leaders of carers, to find personalised support and connection. It aims to make life easier wherever possible by providing tailored resources and a community to lean on and guide you through different aspects of caregiving.

The platform provides support and information for:

• parents, including everything they need throughout their parental leave journey and beyond.
• caregivers, with tips and guidance to support them in managing their caregiver responsibilities.
• It’s also great for people leaders, teams and individuals - to help them have the right conversations and be supportive of their colleagues.

 

 

Coaching to support our new parents and those with caring responsibilities is also available through our partnerships with Grace Papers and Transitioning Well.