Submitted on Thursday 13th June 2019
Rejected on Thursday 11th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Improve economic support for new parents, by increasing pay and length of leave.
As a powerful internationally influencing country, Britain should be setting a better example of how to support new parents economically. While we are far superior to America in this area, we are by no means as supportive as other High Income Countries such as Sweden.
Parents feel the need to return to work as early as possible, to ensure their economic stability. We feel that they should be allowed to focus on the upbringing of their child, especially in these vital first years of their life.
Furthermore, some parents can't even qualify for statutory pay because they are self-employed. This discourages those who are self-employed from taking the necessary parental leave to raise their child.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure exactly what action you would like the UK Government to take to improve parental leave.
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