Economists overwhelmingly believe the government’s proposed parental leave changes will not encourage more take up by fathers – and worse, they call it a backwards step paidparentalleave auselection auspol auseconomy federalbudget
Economists overwhelmingly believe the government’s proposed parental leave changes will not encourage more take up by fathers – and worse, they call it a backwards step for gender equality.to roll the existing 18 weeks of paid parental leave and two weeks of dad-and-partner pay into a single scheme, with families able to decide how to split the 20 weeks. Single parents could take the entire 20 weeks, adding a fortnight to their existing entitlement.
New mother Ariane Stark is still working through how she and her husband Frederick will juggle leave when their baby arrives in the next few days. “My concern is that, under the guise of flexibility, we will actually go backwards in terms of the progress in trying to share care a bit more evenly between men and women,” she said.
The standout example for encouraging fathers to take paternity leave is Quebec, Canada, where the proportion of new dads taking leave rose to 80 per cent after it introduced five weeks specifically for them. Conversely, in Denmark when the fathers-only portion of the parental leave scheme was removed, the amount of time mothers spent on leave increased while uptake by partners stagnated.
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