Its report on Fathers and the Workplace, published today, calls for reform of workplace policies to support fathers to better balance their parental responsibilities and to ensure they meet the needs of the 21st century family.
The report is informed by evidence from employer organisations, unions, researchers, think-tanks, experts and mothers and fathers.
It finds that current policies supporting fathers in the workplace do not deliver what they promise despite good intentions. It says this is particularly the case for less well-off fathers.
For example, the right to request flexible working has not created the necessary cultural change in the workplace, it says. The Government itself told the committee that its shared parental leave policy, intended to allow fathers to share care in their child’s first year, will not meet its objective for most fathers.
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