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4 in 10 fathers do not take paternity leave because they cannot afford it

(01/02/2010)

The charity Working Families has launched a new campaign to raise fathers' awareness of their rights to paternity leave and to encourage employers to top up statutory pay to full pay for the two weeks of leave. Before the launch of the campaign, Working Families, Dad.info and Netmums ran a website survey on paternity leave for one month. The responses showed that: * 4 out of 10 fathers don’t take paternity leave * 72 per cent of those who did not take leave gave the reason that they... [more]

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