The radical extension of maternity leave and parents? rights is sabotaging women?s careers, according to the head of the new equalities watchdog.
Nicola Brewer said that it was an inconvenient truth that giving women a year off work after the birth of each child – soon to be paid throughout – was making employers think twice before offering a job or promotion.
The chief executive of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission was speaking to The Times on the eve of a speech in which she will call for a significant rethink of family policy.