Less than 1% of UK men who are entitled to shared parental leave are taking it.
Sigh.
If only this were surprising.
The Temperley London LFW show was a French Riviera inspired dreamAs parental leave goes, the UK has a pretty sweet deal. In the US, for instance, neither parent gets any guaranteed paid paternity leave.
Here we get 52 weeks entitlement which can be split between both partners. For the first 6 weeks you get your normal pay, and then after that you get statuary maternity pay (SMP) which is… Read the full story