Posted on 14 November 2012 Do new parental leave arrangements go far enough? The Government published their response to the Modern Workplaces Consultation yesterday, announcing changes to maternity leave to allow employed couples to share up to 50 weeks of leave between them. It’s hoped that this will facilitate fathers taking on more child care responsibilities from t... Read the rest of this entry Tags: parental leave, paternity leave, response to modern workplaces consultation
Posted on 10 November 2011 by Mari Toomse-Smith, Director Towards Shared Parenting – Are fathers prepared to share parental leave with mothers? NatCen held a very exciting briefing last week entitled “Balancing parenthood and work”. The briefing was well attended with government department policy makers, academics and representatives from various charities with an interest field. Mari Toomse-Smith explains the aims of the briefing and introduces findings about how mothers and fathers balance family and work life in the first year of their child's life. Read the rest of this entry Tags: income and work, maternity leave, parenthood, paternity leave, Work and Families Act 2006, society