Recommendation 6

There is very strong evidence from around the world and from UK employers’ gender equal schemes that providing fathers and other parents with an extended period of sustainably paid statutory leave typically transforms take up. Extending paternity leave therefore has the potential to shift the dial on gendered allocation of parental responsibilities. Addressing the stark gendered disparity in our statutory leave periods should therefore be considered fundamental to fixing our broken system and a key priority of the Government’s forthcoming review. (Recommendation, Paragraph 65)