Paternity leave - the good, the bad and the ugly

New government draft regulations promise more flexibility for parents when it comes to caring for a newborn, but is the pressure to perform at work preventing paternity leave - and your organisation - being a success?

 

When it comes to paternity rights there seem to have been three schools of thought: the employers who recognise the benefits to family and business, those who offer some provision but create a culture which leaves fathers unwilling to take the leave and those which avoid providing anything but the very minimum required.

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