Mums and dads will from April 5, 2015 be able to share up to 50 weeks of parental leave, under new government plans announced on Friday.
Under the new system working parents will have the right to divide the statutory 50 weeks of parental leave between them.
In addition, parents of children under 18 will have the right to take up to 18 weeks of unpaid parental leave per child.
Under the path breaking reforms announced today under the new Children and Families Bill, employers in UK will now have to get used to more men taking time off after their child is born and more mothers returning to work earlier.
Even those who adopt will have the same entitlements to pay and leave as birth parents. Fathers will also get a new right to take unpaid leave to attend two antenatal appointments.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said "Women deserve the right to pursue their goals and not feel they have to choose between having a successful career or having a baby. They should be supported by their employers, rather than being made to feel less employable or under pressure to take unchallenging jobs".
"It is already illegal to sack a woman because she is pregnant or on maternity leave, but we want to go further than that. We want to create a fairer society that gives parents the flexibility to choose how they share care for their child in the first year after birth. We need to challenge the old-fashioned assumption that women will always be the parent that stays at home - many fathers want that option too. That is why from April 2015 we're introducing shared parental leave to allow couples to make that decision jointly ensuring all career options remain open to women after pregnancy".
Business Minister Jo Swinson said "Thanks to extensive discussions with business and family groups we have found a workable approach to shared parental leave. We want to shatter the perception that it is mainly a woman's role to stay at home and look after the child and a man's role to be at work. Employers too can gain from a system which allows them to keep talented women in the workforce and have more motivated and productive staff".
The proposals for shared parental leave and flexible working are included in the Children and Families Bill 2013 which is currently going through Parliament. The details will be set out in regulations. The new leave system will allow eligible working families to have more choice about how they balance their work and caring commitments.
Parents can choose to be at home together or to work at different times and share the care of their child.
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