Policy - Gender pay gap white paper

Proportion of employees taking parental leave With the number of employees taking shared parental leave being relatively evenly split between males and females, one might be forgiven for thinking that this would be reflected in the number of males and females taking parental leave, however this is not the case with more than three times the number of females taking leave to care for their children than males.

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IS THERE A GENDER GAP WHEN TAKING STATUTORY LEAVE OF ABSENCE?

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