The current plan to exempt firms with less than 10 employees from the upcoming chance to maternity leave rights have been questioned by the Lib Dems. Conservative leaders plan to allow these firms the right to negotiate the length of paternal leave on an individual basis, which the Lib Dems claim would encroach on EU laws.
Businesses are currently obliged to offer women on maternity leave their original position if they have been off for less than 6 months or another position with the same pay and similar conditions if they are away for up to a year. From April, if a mother returns to work without having taken her full year's entitlement her partner can take up the remaining time for a maximum of 6 months.
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