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<p>The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing workers’ rights, and to
supporting people to balance their work and caring responsibilities. This month we
laid regulations in Parliament which will give grieving parents a right to paid time
off work. We also committed in the Queen’s Speech to bring forward an Employment Bill
which will <del class="ministerial">make it easier for fathers to take paternity leave;</del>
introduce a new entitlement to carer's leave; and <del class="ministerial">to</del>
introduce a new entitlement to leave and pay for parents of children who spend time
in neonatal care. <ins class="ministerial">Our manifesto committed to make it easier
for fathers to take paternity leave; we</ins> <del class="ministerial">We</del> have
recently consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay, including
Paternity Leave and Pay and Unpaid Parental Leave, and will respond to this consultation
in due course.</p><p> </p><p>After we leave the EU, we will be able to set our own
standards for workers’ rights, and we intend to use this opportunity to make the UK
the best place in the world to work.</p>
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