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Finland’s defence minister takes paternity leave

Finland’s defence minister has claimed two months’ paternity leave. Although Antti Kaikkonen’s move comes amid the biggest regional security crisis in decades, and with Finland waiting to join Nato, Finns who are used to family-oriented social ...

19 Dec 2022 at 10:32

Life

Can’t afford to take paternity leave? How dads can have precious time with their baby and not end up broke

Although new fathers have been entitled to two weeks paid paternity leave for nearly 20 years, many just can’t afford to take it. Only a third of eligible new dads are taking paternity leave because the pay is so low – Statutory Paternity Pay ...

11 Jul 2022 at 14:22

City

Tesco to increase pay for shop workers by 9.1%

Tesco is to increase store workers’ pay by 9.1% in a roughly £300 million investment. It is the latest supermarket group to lift pay levels for workers ahead of the rise in the national minimum wage in April. The national minimum wage will ...

05 Mar 2024 at 16:39

National News

1 in 5 Longford employees do not use up annual leave

Over 1 in 5 people in Longford did not take all their holidays last year, according to research on annual leave undertaken by FRS Recruitment. 1 in 8 people (13%) in Longford did not take 5 days of annual leave or more, which in ...

04 Sept 2024 at 11:33

Life

What are the proposed changes to sick pay and parental leave – and how will they affect us?

Details of new rights for workers are due to be announced by the government today, which includes significant changes to sick pay and parental leave. Ministers described this new Employment Rights Bill – which includes 28 ...

10 Oct 2024 at 12:25

Labour would improve paternity leave rights amid ‘cultural shift’ – Rayner

A Labour government would enhance paternity leave rights and seek a “cultural shift” from employers to better support family life, the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said. Ahead of Father’s Day, Labour have ...

17 Jun 2024 at 10:36

Scotland

Yousaf to take paternity leave to support family with new arrival in summer

Scotland’s First Minister will take paternity leave to be a “supportive husband” when his wife gives birth later this year. Humza Yousaf announced last week that he and his wife Nadia El-Nakla were expecting a baby ...

04 Mar 2024 at 21:08

Campaigners call on Government to extend paid paternity leave to six weeks

Campaigners are calling on the Government to extend paid paternity leave from two to six weeks in the UK after research found it could reduce the gender pay gap. A report from the Centre for Progressive Policy ...

15 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Fathers not taking paternity leave because of low pay, study suggests

Only a third of eligible new fathers are taking paternity leave due to the low level of pay, new research suggests. Just over 200,000 fathers took paternity leave in 2021/22, compared to 636,000 mothers, ...

11 Jul 2022 at 01:41

Scottish Secretary to become first Cabinet minister to take full paternity leave

Ian Murray is set to become the first UK Cabinet minister to take full paternity leave. The Scottish Secretary will take two weeks off next month as he and his wife expect their second child. The ...

24 Jan 2025 at 11:49

Life

Paternity leave should be paid for six weeks, campaigners tell Government

Campaigners are calling on the Government to extend paid paternity leave from two to six weeks in the UK after research found it could reduce the gender pay gap. A report from the Centre for ...

15 Jun 2023 at 06:00

UK has one of ‘worst statutory leave offers for fathers in developed world’

The UK has one of the “worst statutory leave offers for fathers and other parents in the developed world”, the chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee has warned. In a new report, ...

10 Jun 2025 at 00:01

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