Friday, 21 September 2012

Masculinities - paternity leave/parental leave

The number of men taking statutory paternity leave has slightly increased
Information from HMRC, the number of employees claiming paternity pay rose
from 170,000 in 2008-09 to 194,000 in the year to March 2010, an increase of 14%



Below is a link to a Guardian article where government are considering shared parental leave in 2015





Why cutting maternity leave would be good news for Britain's parents Both parents would benefit if maternity leave were cut to 18 weeks with the option of shared leave for the rest of the year





Jo presses the Government on shared parental leave

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