A new international review of leave policies for parents shows the statutory offer in the UK is less generous than that of other European counties.
The ‘13th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2017’, which compares maternity, paternity and parental leave policies across 42 countries, shows the UK provides the longest period of statutory maternity leave, along with Bulgaria, at 12 months. However, the UK and Ireland are the only European countries to pay for just part of the leave, at either a flat rate (income-related) or less than 66 per cent of earnings for all or most of the period.
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