Fathers in the UK are being called to participate in a 'Dad strike' to demand better statutory paternity leave, which is considered the least generous in Europe. Scheduled for June 11 outside the Department for Business and Trade in London, the protest organized by the Dad Shift aims to raise awareness about the challenges fathers face regarding parental leave. Critics accuse the government of failing new fathers, especially after a recent bill revealed that proposed paternity rights would lack statutory pay. Inadequate paternity leave often forces fathers to choose work over bonding time with their newborns.
The UK's rubbish paternity leave system means from the day our kids arrive most fathers are forced to make an impossible choice between going out to work and providing for our families, and providing them with the one thing that matters most, our presence.
It's time to be more open about the struggles dads face and to show up and say: This is what we need. We have needs too.
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