Clause 2 - Statutory paternity pay
Employment Bill
10:30 am
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
On other occasions, the Minister has argued that employers should gladly bear a burden imposed on them by statute because it is in their own interests to do so. No matter how valuable paternity leave and pay are, however, they are clearly being imposed for the wider benefit of society as a whole. Does the Minister accept that, or is he suggesting that there is a direct benefit to employers from the proposed scheme for statutory paternity leave and pay?