Summary

Currently, only mothers are entitled to full pay when a couple choose to share parental leave. But all Civil Service employees will be entitled to full parental pay from April 2015. The changes will enable more fathers to spend time caring for their baby. From 2015, parents can have a fully flexible choice over how they split their 52 week parental leave entitlement. Therefore extra leave was given to employed fathers if mother returned to work and was not claiming statutory maternity pay. The changes to the Civil Service pay arrangements will allow more fathers to be able to afford to take time off to care for their children.

My opinion

I think this Civil Service is innovative, so it should be entitled as soon as possible. It is difficult and unfear that new-born children is taken care of by only mother. Many of fathers who don`t take care their children say that there are no time for taking care because they work almost day. Therefore they are supposed to take care of their children if they are given to parental leave. Some mothers want to continue their works with raising children. That is needed for father`s help. It is said to not only raising children but also housework. For these point, I think the Civil Service is good system.