Maternity and Paternity Rights Changes are postponed
30 September 2009
Gordon Brown announced at the TUC conference that the Government will be postponing its proposed extensions to the maternity pay and the ability for mothers to transfer part of their maternity leave to fathers.
Since the introduction of the Work and Families Act 2006, this scheme has been on the table, but no decision has been made with regards to when it would be introduced.
The decision to postpone is deemed to be linked with current economic state, as well as taking into account the 2010 general election.
The changes would have seen maternity leave being increased from 9 months to 1 year, now postponed until at least April 2010, as well as fathers being able to up to 6 month’s of the maternity leave into paternity leave, postponed until April 2011.
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