PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Parental Leave and Parental Pay: Self-employed (23 March 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to extend shared parental leave and pay to self-employed workers.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
The Government will consult in the summer on whether there is a case for greater parity in parental benefits between the employed and the self-employed.
Self-employed workers have more flexibility over their working hours, including when they take time off work, and do not need a statutory right to time off work.
Answered by:
Margot James (Conservative)
28 March 2017
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