
Reading the British press over the past couple of weeks you could mistaken for believing that the government is imposing some Draconian measure in order to further hinder small businesses from economic recovery, but ‘no’ actually all that is happening is that they are, at last, beginning to redress the balance with regard to parental leave.
There seems to be a somewhat unjustified preoccupation about the financial impact this will have, over and above the moral implications of the measure.
Equal leave rights have been in place in many Scandinavian countries for many years and have encouraged more couples to share the time off that they spend with their children but Britain has been stuck with a measly two-week break for dads in order to help look after baby.
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