A carpenter and father of a toddler has called on the government to give self-employed men paid paternity leave.
'We are getting punished for being self-employed'
Submitted 1 day ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde40xdlpd1o
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That’s how health insurance works in the US. If you’re not working for a decent sized company, or in some sort of union pool, you’re fucked. Pretty sure it’s by design.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 day ago
There’s paid maternity leave for the self employed in the UK, this is just sexism.
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Sure, I get that it’s a different situation. Just commenting on being punished for being self employed.