Showmethemoney
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The point the OP is making is that there is one policy for Women and a different policy men which would appear to be discrimination but would not appear to be illegal.
A company has no obligation to top up maternity pay or paternity pay. It does have an obligation not to discriminate between employees on the basis of gender.
The question is, if a company tops up maternity pay but does not top up paternity pay, is this discrimination on the basis of gender.
I do not think that there is settled law on this matter.
The OP would probably have a strong case for an Employment Tribunal.
The question is, if a company tops up maternity pay but does not top up paternity pay, is this discrimination on the basis of gender.
I assume Paternity Benefit is open to the female partner of a new mother in receipt of Maternity Benefit? If so, a refusal to top it up in line with maternity pay top-ups might constitute discrimination, but not on the basis of gender.
Is it discrimination against a man that he doesn't spend nine months pregnant and might just need a bit of a rest afterwards. Paid for because that's what society thinks is the right thing to do. And what about breast feeding. Should women not get paid leave to do that.
No. That's just silly.Is it discrimination against a man that he doesn't spend nine months pregnant and might just need a bit of a rest afterwards.
How is it silly Purple? I'm not arguing men and women shouldn't be treated equally, but it is a physical fact that the woman carries a baby for nine month, goes through the birth process, is generally needing a rest and will also need to be at home if she's breastfeeding. And society recognised that fact by allowing women to be paid for that.
I'm not arguing that men shouldn't be paid parernity leave. Just pointing out why it is women who are paid. And there are cases of women going back to work very quickly. That high flier Nicola Horlock was one.
I think 6 months for the mother only is too long and is a major factor in employment discrimination against women. Of course there is a link between maternity leave and parental leave; mothers are parents but so are fathers.As Bonte pointer out Maternity leave is unique to the mother and should not be mixed up with parental leave .Parental leave is time out to look after the next generation. The child interest come first.Parents should be released from work in return for suspension of wages/salary.They should be paid an allowance I have no problem paying a little extra tn tax to allow parents to look after there children in the first year if the want to,
I presume you don't just mean unpaid leave/career break options. I think this would be an idea as long as it was unpaid. Otherwise everyone else who may not have children end up paying for it and as Purple points out it will work against hiring certain people depending on their age.As a father I would love to take 6 months off after the mother went back to work until baby is 12 month old if we had a system in place
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