Dual Welfare Model. Australian Bulletin of Labour 29: pp. 76-96. Permanent Link:

The attached document may provide the author's accepted version of a published work. See Citation for details of the published work. The tradition in Australia of delivering welfare benefits through the industrial relations system rather than through social insurance schemes has important implications for coverage and adequacy of important forms of income protection OIld maintenance. Using data from a large-scale survey, this paper examines access to two forms of social benefit: paid maternity/paternity leave and retirement income in the form of occupational superannuation. Patterns of coverage indicate that those with limited bargaining power in the labour market are more likely to miss Ollt on these benefits. These results indicate a necessity for maintaining the coverage and level of benefits available through publicly provided schemes such as the Aged Pension. The findings also support the c!ment push for a nationally legislated, government f"nded, paid maternity leave scheme