Increase the amount of weeks of paid paternity leave for men!

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Women in the UK are entitled to paid maternity leave for 52 weeks (optional but legally 2 weeks MUST be taken off after the birth), whereas men are entitled to 1-2 weeks of paid paternity leave. In 2018, men and women are meant to be equal, so why can’t a father have longer to bond with his baby?

Increasing paid paternity leave, even to 4 or 6 weeks, means fathers have time to bond with their baby, and reduces stress on mothers who are likely in need of support from their partners. Paid paternity leave increase allows:
•More bonding time with their baby (minus the worry of financial strain)
•Emotional/physical help for the mother from the father
Increase in paternity leave is already available in other countries (Japan= year, Mongolia =14 weeks to name a few) so let’s increase it too!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Extend paternity leave to at least 4 weeks so fathers can bond with their child.

Timeline

14 Nov 2018	Petition opened for signatures
20 Nov 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Nov 2018

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