The Labour government, in office for just over a year, has pledged to drive economic growth and tackle workplace inequality. Among its priorities is a review of parental leave, with ministers promising to make the system "fairer and easier to use".
On 1 July, the UK government launched a review of the entire parental leave system – from maternity and paternity leave to shared parental leave – which it considers to be out of date and “confusing”, with eight different schemes in existence and insufficient take-up rates. UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds points out that the system has not been reformed for “decades”, even though working habits and family patterns have evolved in that time.
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Emeline Vin
Freelance