01 July 2025
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have published Parental leave and pay review: call for evidence to seek views and evidence on the proposed objectives for the parental leave and pay system.
The objectives for the parental leave and pay review are:
- maternal health: support the physical and mental health, recovery and wellbeing of women during pregnancy and post-partum by giving them sufficient time away from work with an appropriate level of pay
- economic growth through labour market participation: support economic growth by enabling more parents to stay in work and advance in their careers after starting a family, particularly to improve both women’s labour market outcomes and the gender pay gap, reduce the ‘motherhood penalty’, and harness benefits for employers
- best start in life: ensure sufficient resources and time away from work to support new and expectant parents’ wellbeing and facilitate the best start in life for babies and young children, supporting health and development outcomes
- childcare: support parents to make balanced childcare choices that work for their family situation, including enabling co-parenting, and provide flexibility to reflect the realities of modern work and childcare needs
The policy team will hold a Think Tank for full, Fellow and Chartered members, to give their thoughts and views around the questions laid out in the Call for Evidence, to enable the team to represent our members views in the formal response. (Invitations will be emailed out shortly).
You can also respond with your views on behalf of an organisation or as an individual by completing the online form.
The Call for Evidence will be open from 1 July 2025 to 11.59pm on 25 August 2025.
Keep an eye out for progress updates.
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