Reform of flexible parental leave
Parents will be able to share parental leave and revolutionise their lives at work and home.
13 Nov 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced reforms that will allow parents to share up to a year바카라 사이트檚 leave after the birth of a child.
The 바카라 사이트 plans to legislate on this next year, and will introduce the changes to flexible working in 2014 and to flexible parental leave in 2015. Under the new system, parents will be able to choose how they share the care of their child.
Employed mothers will still be entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave. However, working parents will have much greater flexibility about how they 바카라 사이트榤ix and match바카라 사이트� their leave. They may take it in turns or take it together, providing it is not more than 52 weeks in total.
Greater choice
Mothers will have to take at least the initial two weeks of leave after birth as a recovery period, but can then choose to end the maternity leave and the parents can opt to share the remaining leave. It will be up to both parents to decide how they share the remaining weeks. Nick Clegg welcomed the announcement, saying;
바카라 사이트淩eform is long overdue and the changes we are making will shatter the perception that women have to be the primary care-givers.
바카라 사이트淚n the future, both mothers and fathers will be able to take control of how they balance those precious first months with their child and their careers.바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트淭his is good news not only for parents and parents-to-be, but employers too who will benefit from a much more flexible and motivated workforce.바카라 사이트�
Engaged employees
Employers will benefit from being able to make the most of the entire talent pool that the increased flexibility allows.
Minister for Employment Relations, Jo Swinson, said:
바카라 사이트淚f we are to deliver sustainable, strong growth we need to get the best out of both men and women in the workforce.
바카라 사이트淐urrent arrangements are old-fashioned, inflexible and gender-biased. People should have the right to choose how they balance their work and family commitments.
바카라 사이트淭hese proposals bring good news for business - not least a more motivated and productive workforce. Employers will be able to recruit and retain staff from a wider pool of talent in turn helping to diversify our economy and drive growth.
바카라 사이트淓xtending the right to request flexible working will enable all employees to discuss flexible working with their employer, and move the discussion away from why the employee needs to work flexibly, and onto how flexible working will work for the business.바카라 사이트�