Not exact matches
If substantial paternity /
parental leave were made
available to UK fathers and were
paid at reasonable rates and if this were taken up by substantial numbers
of fathers this would require a revolution in thinking by government, employers, trades unions and others about the work / care nexus which could benefit not only fathers but mothers and children too (Green & Parker, 2006; Lewis & Cooper, 2005)-- and, ultimately, employers too.
Some fathers take Annual
Leave instead of, or as well as, paternity / parental leave, particularly where that is not available or is low
Leave instead
of, or as well as, paternity /
parental leave, particularly where that is not available or is low
leave, particularly where that is not
available or is low
paid.
Fathers are offered 2 weeks at 90 %
pay for paternity
leave, and they can take up to 13 weeks
of unpaid
parental leave (which is
available to the mother as well).
Introduce
paid parental leave (90 %
of earnings)-- one month for each parent,
available fully flexibly and over the maximum possible period
of time.
For births with a due or matching date
of 5 April 2015 a new Statutory
leave and payment regime will be available to a mother and her partner or to primary adopters and their partner (secondary adopters) in the form of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Shared Parental Pay (S
leave and payment regime will be
available to a mother and her partner or to primary adopters and their partner (secondary adopters) in the form
of Shared
Parental Leave (SPL) and Shared Parental Pay (S
Leave (SPL) and Shared
Parental Pay (ShPP).
As BBA has long emphasized, bringing our nation into line with our Western peers in terms
of such basic family supports as
paid parental leave, accessible high - quality child care, and pre-k that is
available to all children, not only those lucky enough to have parents who can
pay for it, would go a long way toward leveling the academic playing field, not to mention boosting the economy in numerous ways.
In Canada, 12 months
of partially
paid maternity and
parental leaves were
available; in the U.S., 12 weeks
of unpaid
leave were offered to those who were eligible (firms with 50 or more workers) 3.