Staff feel ‘cynical’ about employers’ approach to shared parental leave

Certain employers also ‘obstructed’ fathers’ attempts to exercise rights, researcher told EXCERPTS
Supposedly generous shared parental leave (SPL) offerings are leaving staff disillusioned because they come with too many caveats, an academic has discovered while researching the landmark family-friendly policy.
SPL, which was introduced in April 2015, allows new parents to share up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay between them following the birth of a child.