Conditions of Employment: North East
Commons · Question 87970 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to improve parental rights for workers in the North East.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 17 Nov 2025
Through the Employment Rights Bill, we are strengthening rights for parents by making Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave ‘day one’ rights for qualifying employees, removing restrictions on taking Paternity Leave after Shared Parental Leave, strengt...