'It's broken' | Government must address 'fundamental failings' in UK's parental leave system, committee warns

The UK’s parental leave system is “broken” and requires urgent, meaningful reform, according to a new report from the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC), which has warned the Government not to “tinker around the edges” of its proposed review.

In its Equality at work: Paternity and shared parental leave report, the WEC outlined a series of systemic failings, including inadequate leave for fathers, low statutory pay, poor access for many workers and significant complexity in the Shared Parental Leave (SPL) scheme.