The Government has today launched a new initiative aimed at increasing the uptake of shared parental leave. Unfortunately, the ‘Share the joy‘ campaign misses the point. When I read the headlines this morning, I naively thought that some much-needed policy change was on the way. Sadly not. It’s just raising awareness of a pre-existing option …
I was interested to read this article about work-life balance recently. It argues that workplace culture needs to change to help men become better dads. Although the research and case studies are from Australia as opposed to the UK, there’s much that rings true for me. Over here, shared parental leave is dependent on individual …
Since Labour announced their plans to increase paternity leave and pay a week ago, much has been written about the role of dads. Not all of it has been constructive and, in fact, there has been the odd unwarranted attack on dads, seemingly because there are some people out there who object to the prospect …
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m partial to a little bit of a rant now and then, so what follows is uncomfortable new ground for me… I’m writing about something I’m actually really pleased about! I’m referring, of course, to Labour’s proposal to double paternity leave and increase paternity pay. It’s a …
My fortnight of paternity leave came to an abrupt end with my return to work yesterday. I’m knackered. No big revelation there then, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much I’ve noticed – or at least remembered from last time – over the last couple of weeks. Please bear with me if any of the following is massively …