Please don’t give my husband longer paternity leave
From our UK edition
Dads could soon get more time off to look after their babies if a group of MPs have their way. Britain has among the 'worst statutory leave offers for fathers and other parents in the developed world', the chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee, Sarah Owen, has said. The committee called on the government to consider raising paternity pay to the level of maternity pay in the first six weeks after a baby is born. Deloitte has gone further, offering male staff six months off. As a mother on maternity leave, I can get on board with six weeks; but six months? Let me be the first to say: no thanks. Men at home all day have an uncanny ability to misunderstand the rhythm of the house.
