UK Parental Leave System Under Major Review
Parental leave in the UK is confusing for both families and businesses, the Business Secretary has said, as a major review into the system is announced. The review will look at maternity, paternity and shared parental leave to investigate how improvements might be made. Currently, most new dads and second partners are able to take up to two weeks of paid leave from work after a baby is born. Most mums and birthing parents, meanwhile, can take up to 52 paid weeks off work – though lower pay kicks in after 39 weeks. Alongside the familiar paternity leave and maternity leave, the UK also has adoption leave, parental leave, parental bereavement leave, shared parental leave and neonatal care leave. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the current situation is ‘confusing, even for businesses’. Sign up to 's politics newsletter, Alright Gov? Craig Munro breaks down Westminster chaos into easy to follow insight, walking you through what the...