article_snippet: This means that a mother who wishes to end a mother who wishes to end her maternity maternity leave – and pay – early to return to work, can hand over a mother who wishes to end her maternity leave – and pay – early to return to work entitlement to the child’s father.
article_snippet: But Clegg and the business minister Jo Swinson announced today that fathers can have an extra four weeks leave at home with the child’s mother, and both would be entitled to pay.
article_snippet: Clegg believes the two-week period fathers get is often treated as a holiday, and extending the two-week period fathers get would encourage men to be more involved in childcare.
article_snippet: The entitlement would be under a ‘use The entitlement or lose The entitlement’ basis so fathers must start fathers six weeks’ leave within eight weeks of fathers
article_snippet: Around 55pc of fathers take the full two weeks currently available.
article_snippet: Mr Clegg, who yesterday tried his hand at making pancakes on a visit to Cardiff, believes the two-week period fathers get is often treated as a holiday, and extending the two-week period fathers get would encourage men to be more involved in childcare .
article_snippet: the two-week period fathers get allowed fathers to take the statutory six months maternity leave instead of mothers, but the downside was that fathers would not get any pay after the first two weeks.