Grandparents in work to be allowed to take time off for grandchildren
The Guardian | Press Association | Sunday 4 October 2015
George Osborne to unveil plan for shared parental leave and pay to be extended to one nominated working grandparent
Working grandparents will be given a new legal right to take time off to help care for their grandchildren under plans announced by George Osborne.
The chancellor said that many grandparents played a central role in caring for younger generations, and the move would help them do that while allowing them to remain in work.
The plan will involve extending the current system of shared parental leave to cover grandparents, as well as the child’s mother and father.
The total of 50 weeks of leave will not be extended, but the plan is aimed at giving greater flexibility to families in the first year of a child’s life.
