- Cut in maternity leave to give fathers more time off – Times Online –
The focus on maternity leave has entrenched the notion that only mothers look after children and damages women’s careers by making them less attractive employees, the [equalities watchdog] group warns.New mothers currently get nine months of paid leave, six weeks at 90 per cent of their salary and the rest at the statutory rate of £117.18 per week. The Government has promised that mothers will get a full year’s leave by 2010. Fathers currently get two weeks leave at the statutory rate.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said that these are the most unequal arrangements in Europe. It wants fathers and mothers to be entitled to four months of “parental leave” with at least eight weeks paid at 90 per cent of their salary and the rest at the statutory rate. Parental leave would be “use it or lose it” so fathers could not transfer any unused leave to their partners but another four months of partly paid “family leave” would be divided up between them.
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Mr. O'Reilly just found out that there's indeed a price to pay for being an unhinged asshat who thinks it's ok to stalk and harass those who disagree with him:Today UPS announced it will stop advertising on O’Reilly’s show.
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