The Committee takes evidence on employment rights
The Committee will hear from campaigners, charities and experts about shared parental leave and statutory shared parental pay
Meeting details
At 3:00pm: Private discussion
Inquiry
Children and Families Act 2014
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Children and Families Act 2014
Founder at Pregnant Then Screwed
Campaigner at Parental Pay Equality
At 4:15pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Children and Families Act 2014
Senior Policy Advisor at Institute of Directors
CEO at Working Families
Likely question topics include:
- Take-up of shared parental leave and statutory shared parental pay
- The effect of shared parental leave and statutory shared parental pay on families and employers
- Replacing shared parental leave with extended paternity leave
- Rights for adoptive parents and kinship carers
- The impact of the right to request flexible working arrangements on employees and employers
- The effect of the pandemic on take-up of flexible working
- The extension of flexible working rights
- International examples of statutory rights supporting parents in the workplace