Parental leave to become flexible under plans set out by Nick Clegg
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Clifford Armion
le 13/11/2012
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Women are held back in Britain by "clapped-out rules" which discourage professional development after they take maternity leave, Nick Clegg will say as he unveils new plans for flexible parental leave.The deputy prime minister, who will announce that both parents will be allowed to share up to a year's leave after the birth of a child, will say that new mothers face a narrowing of career options.
"We, as a society, we have got so much better at telling young women: the sky's the limit. Get a job; be independent; be the boss; run as far and as fast as your talents can take you," Clegg will say in a speech on Tuesday in Putney, south-west London.
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"Parental leave to become flexible under plans set out by Nick Clegg", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2012. Consulté le 23/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/parental-leave-to-become-flexible-under-plans-set-out-by-nick-clegg