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• Cable proposes more flexible parental leave - Children & Young People Now

  16th May 2011, 10:26pm |

  New fathers to get five-and-a-half months' paid paternity leave under plans ...

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• Parental leave and flexible working: changes proposed - Directgov

  16th May 2011, 3:05pm |

  "These measures are fairer for fathers and maintain the existing entitlements for mothers – but crucially give parents much greater choice over how to balance their work and family commitments." To read the proposals in full, and to have your say, ...

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• Anger as new employment law 'flies in face' of pledge to cut red tape - Telegraph.co.uk

  16th May 2011, 3:03pm |

  Among the proposals, mothers and fathers would be allowed to take parental leave together and in blocks throughout the year, rather than all in one go. Companies would also be forced to consider flexible working requests from all staff – not just those ...

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• Consultation opens on shared parental leave - People Management Magazine Online

  16th May 2011, 12:54pm |

  However, the remainder of maternity leave “should be reclassified as parental leave” to make it available to either parent on an equal basis, the proposals said. In addition to this “each parent should have exclusive use of four weeks' paid leave”, ...

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• Plans To Share Parental Leave In First Year - Sky News

  16th May 2011, 12:20pm |

  A new system of flexible parental leave is being proposed by the Government to allow mothers and fathers to share their leave allowance between them. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from ...

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• Government launches consultation into new system of flexible parental leave - Employee Benefits

  16th May 2011, 11:19am |

  Proposals around flexible parental leave include: 18 weeks maternity leave and pay in one continuous block around birth; four weeks of parental leave and pay exclusive to each parent to be taken in the first year; and 30 weeks of additional parental ...

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• Dads to get more (paid) paternity leave? - MadeForMums

  16th May 2011, 11:18am |

  Today, the Coalition Government will announce plans for new mums and dads to be able to divide some paid and unpaid parental leave between them. The Government's proposal would see mums get five months' paid maternity leave automatically and dads get ...

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• New fathers will get six months paid paternity leave under plans for time off ... - Daily Mail

  16th May 2011, 12:27am |

  The shake-up will see the standard paternity leave offered to fathers extended from two weeks to six. But under radical plans for 'shared' parental leave, fathers could then take a further seven months off if the mother goes back to work early. ...

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• Rob Williams: Reserving leave for fathers could unlock the potential of truly ... - The Independent

  16th May 2011, 12:00am |

  Reserving leave for fathers is the key to unlock the potential of truly shared parenting. Simply making maternity leave transferrable is not enough. Across Europe, allowing leave to be shared between parents is much less successful at getting men out ...

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• Unemployment figures announced next week - The Independent (blog)

  13th May 2011, 1:09pm |

  A new but well worn policy window re-opens next week with the Government planning to consult on the right to request flexible working and additional parental leave. We have been here before. The Plan for Growth Green Paper published in March promised ...

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