Dads Face Steeper Wage Cuts When Stepping Back From Work in UK
A government analysis found that only 5% of eligible working fathers in Great Britain have taken up shared parental leave since it was introduced in 2015.
Photographer: d3sign/Moment RFEconomists once hoped that an era of flexible working would lead to more balanced household dynamics — and dads taking on more caring duties. That hasn’t happened.
Men’s work patterns have barely shifted since the UK extended the right to request flexible working to more employees in 2014, a new report finds. Women, by contrast, increased their use of such arrangements.