Shared Parental Leave: Can Transferable Maternity Leave Ever Encourage Fathers to Care?

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-07-06 DOI:10.1093/indlaw/dwac015

Gemma Mitchell

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Shared parental leave made some maternity leave transferable in the UK. The aim was to improve the position of working parents, particularly mothers, by encouraging fathers to take on more of a caring role. It has been widely acknowledged that the legislation has failed to achieve this. This article considers whether the reasons for this failure are due to the specifics of the UK’s legislative scheme itself or the model of transferable maternity leave. Comparing the experience of other countries with transferable maternity leave shows that solving many of the issues with the UK legislation would not be enough to encourage fathers to care. Instead, such comparison shows that the model of transferable maternity leave can never be the most effective tool to encourage fathers to care because it will always prioritise mothers’ caring role.

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共享育儿假:可转移的产假能鼓励父亲照顾孩子吗?

在英国，共享育儿假使得一些产假可以转移。其目的是通过鼓励父亲承担更多照顾孩子的角色，来改善在职父母，尤其是母亲的地位。人们普遍认为，立法未能实现这一目标。本文考虑这种失败的原因是由于英国立法方案本身的具体情况还是可转移产假的模式。比较其他国家产假可转移的经验表明，解决英国立法的许多问题不足以鼓励父亲照顾孩子。相反，这种比较表明，可转移产假模式永远不会是鼓励父亲照顾孩子的最有效工具，因为它总是优先考虑母亲的照顾角色。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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