Fathers in the UK Now Able to Share Parental Leave
Survey results support Queen's announcement: 65% of respondents felt government should introduce a shared parental leave that could be split between mothers and fathers.
Category Parenting and Childcare 
Details The Queen's announcement that mothers and fathers will now be able to share parental leave, reinforces the trends identified in a recent report, as part of the Visions of Britain 2020 series.

The report, published by Friends Provident, looks at workforce trends ten years from now and includes a survey of 1000 people. The results show that 65% of respondents feel that the government should introduce a shared parental leave that can be split between mothers and fathers. The report also shows that 90% of women and 70% of men thought that flexible working was important in their job making decisions.

A summary of the main findings: 

The research indicates that the workplace of 2020 will be starkly different to that of today. These changes will be structural and permanent and will create a new workplace which will offer opportunity to many. This report unearths five of the most important changes:
  • The Elite and the Excluded. A fast widening gap between the skilled and the unskilled.
  • Elite Employee Power. The balance of power shifts decisively towards elite workers.
  • Invaluable Training. The benefits of training will be appreciated by elite workers – the cost of it may have to be shared by all.
  • The 2020 Labour Cycle. Outsourcing will continue, but the number of foreign workers will diminish.
  • The Measure of Knowledge. New measures of assessing employee productivity will be critical in the 2020 knowledge economy.
Author Friends Provident
Publication Date May 25, 2010
Source www.friendsprovident.co.uk
Format PDF
Availability Download report: Visions Of Britain 2020