Research suggests fewer than one in 60 public sector workers share leave with partners when they have a baby Why shared parental leave is a monumental dud of a policy Experts have criticised a “lost decade” of progress on parental rights after Guardian research suggested that fewer than one in 60 public sector workers are sharing leave with their partners when they have a baby. Ten years after the introduction of shared parental leave in the UK, the policy’s architects said it had failed to deliver on its promise of “ culture change ” and called for bold measures necessary to allow more men – including middle- and lower-earners – to spend time with their babies. Continue reading...