{"id":9604,"date":"2016-04-01T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/claire-rayner-calls-for-proper-paternity-leave-archive-1-april-1996\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T04:06:26","slug":"claire-rayner-calls-for-proper-paternity-leave-archive-1-april-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/claire-rayner-calls-for-proper-paternity-leave-archive-1-april-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Rayner calls for proper paternity leave: archive, 1 April 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n1 April 1996: We want prolonged, paid paternity leave, Claire Rayner says, and we want it now!On Friday, the EU Council of Ministers endorsed the provision of three months\u2019 unpaid leave for parents, bringing into line the wildly variable parental leave provision throughout Europe. Except one. Britain has, unfortunately, availed itself of the opportunity to opt out.Instead of opting out, Britain should be looking for a Roosevelt-style New Deal for parents, a financial system for UK families that would result in a better life for all of us. The State is, after all, the sum of our families of many different forms. If individual families are sick, so is the State. So a deal that will improve family life has to be of benefit to everyone. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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