Parents look forward to paternity and extended maternity leave

Paternity leave has a wide range of benefits that can improve development outcomes, including health and economic benefits to the mother, and increased child bonding.

SINCE conceiving her first child, content creator Alessa Amin, 39, says her only concern is that she will not be able to spend enough time with her daughter when she is born.

So she could not be more relieved when she heard that the deferred amendments to the Employment Act 1955 are coming into force from today as previously planned.