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Shared parental leave comes into effect

Shared parental leave has officially come into effect today.

Under the new rules parents with children who are born, or adopted, on or after today can share up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay between them.

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Barnardo's: Employers must back parental leave law

A charity has said employers must throw their weight behind a new law which allows fathers of new babies to share parental leave with their partners - or it could quickly "run into the sand".

Barnardo's: Employers must back parental leave law. Credit: PA

Parents of babies born from tomorrow can now split up to 52 weeks of shared parental leave between them as well as up to 39 weeks of statutory shared parental pay, Barnardo's said.

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