maternity leave in uk

[nick4elena]

Dear all
there's a petition going on government website regarding better maternity pay in uk.
have a look and if you agree sign and share


epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/60054

[LegoCaltrops]

Could you make it a clickable link please? Thanks.

[nick4elena]

Better maternity pay

have a look at this petition and if you agree sign and share


epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/60054

[TheDoctrineOfSnatch]

Is the average really 43 weeks at 90% pay?

Personally I'd prefer a petition for paternity pay at 90% for 2-6 weeks...

[nick4elena]

Yes . Some European countries have 90% for the first year.

[LegoCaltrops]

Belarus are in the EU. they get 126 days paid (140 if there are medical complications) & 3 years unpaid. That's only around 4 months paid leave.

[TheDoctrineOfSnatch]

Nick, is there an article describing the research as id love to read it.

[LegoCaltrops]

Nick, is there an article describing the research as id love to read it.

Seconded.

[nick4elena]

www.tuc.org.uk/equality-issues/gender-equality/parents-and-carers/uk-%E2%80%9Cscrooge-europe%E2%80%9D-when-it-comes-decent-parental

[TheDoctrineOfSnatch]

Thanks nick, that is a really interesting article. I see that the Tuc are calling for more paternity pay for men and that the survey is about countries paying at 65% or more of full pay.

I didn't know quite how far down the league table we were though!

[DawnMumsnet]

Hi all,

Just letting you know that we'll shortly be moving this thread to our Petitions and Online campaigns topic.

Thanks to all who have contributed so far.

[nick4elena]

Thank you

[nick4elena]

epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/60054