Paternity proposals could benefit firms
Mon, 21 Sep 2009
Government proposals for paternity leave could benefit firms as they could improve their flexible working practices, according to one management expert.
Families are set to be granted new flexibility under new plans scheduled to come into force in April 2011, where workers could transfer up to six months leave to the father if they wanted, once the mother has returned to work.
Ruth Spellman, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, claims the plans could be beneficial to firms as they could improve their staff retention levels.
Employees could also benefit from the scheme as it could help them to manage their work-life balance more efficiently, she adds.
Ms Spellman says the increased paternity leave "is a positive step further towards equality in the workplace".
"It should be seen by businesses as an opportunity to introduce or improve flexible working practices in order to retain the organisation's top talent," adds the expert.
"Such practices have a significant impact on employee motivation, engagement, productivity and overall performance."
Recent research by Workingmums.co.uk found that mothers in employment rate a desire for flexible working as "very important" to them.
A possibility for home working was also identified as desirable by the working mums surveyed.
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