Fathers' takeup of SPL might be as high as 30%

[slightlyglitterbrained]

www.personneltoday.com/hr/shared-parental-leave-take-30/

Interesting article - points out that the widely reported 1% figure is 1% of all men (not ones who've become dads since 2015) in some companies.

I've seen that figure quoted no end of times, but never with that rather crucial context.

[slightlyglitterbrained]

Damn, link again www.personneltoday.com/hr/shared-parental-leave-take-30/

[TheSparrowhawk]

I read this a while back. Ridiculous, biased reporting.

[shinynewusername]

More or Less on Radio 4 named and shamed the 1% figure as one of the most misleading statistics ever to be reported in the media, which is of course saying something. Podcast here, if you're interested.

[GunShotResidue]

Out of its 86 respondents that had a child in the past year, 31% said they are using or had used their right to shared parental leave; 48% did not use their right; and 21% said they were not eligible.

By my calculations that's 40% takeup by those eligible (of a very small sample). I hope more research is done, and I hope the figures are similar.

[EmpressTomatoKetchup]

shiny I heard that episode of MoL too, definitely worth a listen because they are totally appalled by the misleading reporting. Will be ingesting to see more thorough research.

[EmpressTomatoKetchup]

Interesting not ingesting

[slightlyglitterbrained]

I wonder how many companies will have heard the 1% figure and thought "not much point offering a good SPL package, won't be of interest to most".