Make paternity leave 1 month

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Dads want more time with their children, the UK has fallen behind in parental leave in this area, offering only 2 weeks. This is the first step in making parental leave equal in the UK. By making paternity leave for dads a minimum of 1 month we will be able to spend more time with our children

Although this is not the final outcome we want to achieve, it is a step on the road to empowering parents to have the opportunity for equal parental leave.

France has already implemented this as law and Spain offers 12 weeks currently moving to 16 weeks, so why are we so far behind? It's time to take the first step - the UK needs to make paternity leave 4 weeks.

If we get this, we double the amount of time we spend with our little ones at one of the most important times in their development.

Why it was rejected

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

We think these petitions are very similar:

Give new fathers a right to six weeks paid paternity leave
Extend the Statutory Paternity Leave to minimum 4 weeks.

Timeline

3 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
9 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Dec 2020

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