{"id":9946,"date":"2016-04-05T06:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T23:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/shared-parental-leave-taken-up-by-fewer-than-1-of-fathers-in-first-year\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T23:07:11","slug":"shared-parental-leave-taken-up-by-fewer-than-1-of-fathers-in-first-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/shared-parental-leave-taken-up-by-fewer-than-1-of-fathers-in-first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared parental leave taken up by fewer than 1% of fathers in first year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPay concerns are a key factor, survey finds, as just 40% of employees say their firm encourages sharing leaveFathers are not taking advantage of rules that allow them to share leave with their partners, according to research published a year after the rights came into force.Shared parental leave (SPL) was introduced on 5 April 2015 to give parents more choice and flexibility in caring for their children during the first 12 months after their birth. Under the rules, parents can split 52 weeks\u2019 leave, receiving some payment for 39 of those weeks. That is on top of the two weeks\u2019 statutory paternity leave available to fathers. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/apr\/05\/shared-parental-leave-slow-take-up-fathers-paternity\" target=\"_blank\">Shared parental leave taken up by fewer than 1% of fathers in first year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Pay concerns are a key factor, survey finds, as just 40% of employees say their&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-2Aq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10406,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-became-great-duelling-partners-at-hide-and-seek-fathers-on-shared-parental-leave\/","url_meta":{"origin":9946,"position":0},"title":"&#039;We became great duelling partners at hide and seek&#039;: fathers on shared parental leave","date":"April 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A year on from the introduction of shared parental leave we asked you to share your experiences on what it was like for youWith the news that only a small proportion of new fathers took the opportunity to take shared parental leave (SPL), we wanted to hear your experiences.Research\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9944,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/shared-parental-leave-is-suffering-teething-problems\/","url_meta":{"origin":9946,"position":1},"title":"Shared parental leave is suffering teething problems","date":"April 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Figures show fewer than 1% of UK men have taken time off work to spend with their new baby \u2013 largely due to money Talk about baby steps. 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