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Dave Hemprich-Bennett

@davehb.bsky.social

A bunch of stardust that got ADHD. Runner, guitarist, photographer. Biologist working on bats and mosquitoes and things, though I don’t tend to talk shop too much here.

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DHdavehb.bsky.socialSep 25, 2024 2:24pm

this:

Screenshot: "In 2015, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition promised to improve things by introducing shared parental leave (SPL), under which mothers could give their partner a portion of their maternity leave. But 10 years on from its introduction, it is clear this was a resounding failure. Only 5% of men take any SPL. It is so complex to administer that many employers simply can’t do it. It often means, as a father, taking leave entitlement away from the mother of your child. And in a context where many men still earn more than their partners, it’s a financial hit few people can afford.

It is a bitter irony that the gender pay gap itself prevents many men from taking paternity leave, because the damper put on women’s careers by becoming mothers is one of the gap’s major drivers. In other words, paternity leave is part of how we shrink the pay gap, and shrinking the pay gap would make it more affordable for fathers and co-parents to take paternity leave."

MEmarkuseichhorn.bsky.socialSep 25, 2024 2:28pm

Exactly. I didn't take paternity leave after our first child was born. "Sure you can take leave but we won't pay you and once you get back you'll have to do all the work anyway". Thanks but no.

Dave Hemprich-Bennett

@davehb.bsky.social

A bunch of stardust that got ADHD. Runner, guitarist, photographer. Biologist working on bats and mosquitoes and things, though I don’t tend to talk shop too much here.

292 followers193 following891 posts