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Campaign to alert fathers to paternity rights. Pearson May News Update - Friday 19 February
Campaign to alert fathers to paternity rights
At the moment, fathers of new babies can claim two weeks’ paid paternity
leave provided they have a minimum of 26 weeks’ employment with their
current firm by the 15th week before the baby is due.
They can also take up to 13 weeks of unpaid paternity leave until the child
is five years old.
However, new rules are due to come into effect in Aril 2011.
Under the new regulations, parents will have the option of dividing
maternity leave between them.
Fathers will be granted the legal right to take up the final three months of
paid maternity leave due the mother provided she returns to work.
They would be paid the statutory maternity pay of £123.06 a week for the
three-month period.
They will also have the chance to take a further three months of unpaid
leave, bringing the total amount of parental time-off for couples of newborn
children to 12 months.
Announcing the campaign, Lord Young, the Employment Minister, said: “We know
that rights for dads at work are valued by people and that businesses also
see real benefits in offering them, but our research shows that there are
still some dads out there that are not aware of what they are entitled to
and therefore risk missing out.
“Our campaign is all about making sure dads know what they can do and to
help them have more confidence as they weigh up what works best for them and
their family. The key is to talk to their employer.”
Last year a survey carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
(EHRC) revealed that nearly a half of working fathers did not ask for their
current two weeks’ leave because they felt they could not afford the cut in
income.
The two weeks entitle father to a statutory pay of £123.06 a week, but the
EHRC argued the case for increasing this to 90 per cent of the father’s pay.
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