A new survey has shown that almost half of UK employers support extending statutory paternity/partner leave and pay.
The CIPD research found that of the 46% of employers in support of a change, 33% believe this should be increased to four weeks and 29% think it should be set at six weeks or more – the current amount of time is just one or two consecutive weeks, if they have been employed for at least 26 weeks.
Claire McCartney, senior policy adviser at the CIPD, commented, “We last explored organisational approaches to parental leave in 2016 and since then, surprisingly, very little has changed in employer practice.
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Email Jaime“Our research suggests that shared parental leave in its current form isn’t working; take-up continues to be very low, and we have seen a downward trend since 2016.
“These survey findings reinforce our policy call to extend statutory paternity/partner leave and pay, which will help balance caring responsibilities, reflect the changing nature of modern families and provide much-needed financial support to working parents.
“Extended paternity/partner leave can have emotional benefits for parents and children, as well as improving the gender pay gap, as it enables a more equal split of time out of work to care for children.”
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