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» Monday, January 17, 2011

Paternity Leave

Asked why changes to paternity pay wouldn’t take place until 2015, the PMS said that this was a long standing commitment and we wanted to consult with business on how best to proceed, so as to give them enough time to adjust to the changes.

Asked when the changes would be introduced, the PMS said that it would take place in 2015 but no exact date had been set.

Asked if the Prime Minister would have taken ten months paternity pay, the PMS said that it was important to remember that increasingly fathers were playing a more significant role in caring for their children, and we were trying to enable parents to juggle their family life with their working life more effectively. It was the Government’s view that family friendly policies led to a more productive workforce.

Put that current economic conditions were not suitable for these changes to be introduced, the PMS said that through this consultation we were trying to implement this in a way that minimised any burdens on business. More generally, we were looking at the issue of regulation and seeing if we could limit the regulatory burden.

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