[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

2 week statutory paternity leave is mandatory, the government wants to increase this period to 4 weeks at full pay. This may work just fine for you, for others it will not, smaller companies losing a highly skilled and difficult to replace employee for 4 weeks will struggle in their absence.

I also question if this has been costed in any way given the low level of statutory paternity pay at the moment. For someone on a high salary this would cost the government thousands.

I do run "a smaller company." In the last four years I have had three male employees take up their option to take four weeks maternity leave. It was a little inconvenient, but nothing we couldn't handle, after all we did have up to eight months' notice. One employee decided to split his leave over three months (a facility offered in the contracts), which made things a little easier for everyone.

Companies that can afford to offer this already do - for two weeks, I am not aware of any that offer it for four.

Now you are.