Industry backs equality for self-employed fathers
Music stars including Coldplay's Chris Martin have joined forces with campaigners to change legislation that denies self-employed fathers paternity leave
News By | 15 June 2018
Ahead of father’s day this year, campaigners and the music industry have joined forces to demand action over shared parental leave for self-employed fathers.
Campaign group Parental Pay Equality, backed by UK Music, have criticised the government for what they say is continual inaction over the needs of self-employed parents.
According to new figures from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), almost 100,000 new fathers are missing out on paid paternity leave because their self-employed worker status means they don’t…
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