‘Mix and match’ parenting
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg recently announced plans in which parents will be given the right to share the care of their child in the first year following its birth.
Flexible parental leave is to be introduced in 2015.
Only mothers will be allowed to take leave in the first two weeks following the baby’s birth. After that period, parents will be able to divide the rest of the leave between each other as they see fit.
Prospective fathers will also be given the right to take unpaid leave in order to attend up to two antenatal appointments.
Women will still retain the right to take 52 weeks’ maternity leave with no more than nine months at guaranteed pay.
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