Isles’ SNP MP, Angus MacNeil, has condemned Westminster’s failure to offer support to new fathers after it was revealed that the legal entitlement for Paternity Leave does not extend to jobseeker's allowance claimants in mandatory work or a community placement.
A parliamentary question tabled by the SNP uncovered that the legal entitlement to paternity leave is not available to people who are required to work for their welfare support until they are able to get a new job.
Workfare not fair for new fathers, says MP
7 December 2014
Angus MacNeil said: “These rules are incredibly unfair and remove rights that have been applied to other people who are working. They effectively leave new fathers who are working for their benefits without any parental employment rights to spend time with their baby and partner at a critical time.
“Not only does the Westminster system demand people work for free but they don’t
even get any time off to be with a new born child -