Not exact matches
Your employer may ask for evidence that you're entitled to
parental leave, including the child's birth certificate, or papers confirming the award of their disability living
allowance.
This will include: Sure Start Maternity Grant, maternity and paternity
allowance and
leave, Shared Parental Leave and
leave, Shared
Parental Leave and
Leave and Pay.
If they choose to bring their
leave and pay or
allowance to an early end, eligible working parents can share the balance of the remaining
leave and pay as shared
parental leave and pay up to a total of 50 weeks of
leave and 37 weeks of pay.
By October 2015, a new system of maternity
allowance should be in place - this «flexible
parental leave» will give both mothers and fathers the same state support during the first year of their child's life.
Another recent study identifies three family policies associated with substantially lower poverty rates among single parent households: (1) family
allowances (direct payments to parents of dependent children), (2) paid
parental leave, and (3) publicly funded childcare for children under age 3.