Not exact matches
We have since floated the idea of shortening maternity leave even further, to just 2 weeks, and making the rest of the leave in the first year flexible
parental leave, to be
shared between the two parents — with the exception of the «reserved» daddy and mummy
months.
I had a friend who
shared her
parental leave with her partner, so they each got to spend 6
months at home with each of their kids.
The government had initially planned to extend statutory maternity pay (SMP) from 39 to 52 weeks at the same time as increasing paternity rights, which will allow parents to
share up to six
months parental leave after the baby's first six
months.
You'll see - how some researchers in Britain are questioning if «breast only» is best for the first six
months, - who children pick up their smoking habits from, - how long contaminants in breastmilk stick around, - how
sharing childcare duties may increase
parental conflict (huh?)
Then we
shared parental leave, with the two of us working 50 % for two
months.
The introduction of
shared parental leave (SPL) next
month could lead to «a battle of the sexes in the courts», a leading employment lawyer has warned.
At the start of the
month, there was widespread reporting about the poor take up by men of
shared parental leave — a policy introduced in April 2015 providing men with the opportunity to care full time for their new baby.
This
month's bulletin contains five short articles on (i) settlement agreements; (ii) approaching changes in employment law; (iii) holiday pay; (iv) judicial assessment; and (v)
shared parental leave.
FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — With whom a child lives and spends time — Best interests of the child — Whether either the mother or the father presents as an unacceptable risk to the children — Where the father asserts that the mother is an unacceptable risk to the children — Where the father opposes orders for the mother to spend time with the children — Where each party seeks sole
parental responsibility — Where equal
shared parental responsibility is untenable — Where the ICL recommended a three
month suspension of the children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with the mother
The statistics emerged in a study commissioned by national law firm Irwin Mitchell a
month before a change in the law which will see couples having the opportunity to
share parental leave.
There was no strong evidence of association with frequency or
share of other
parental caring activities by the father at 9
months, 3 years or 5 years.