10 of these 12 months are on statutory parental leave, which is something like 140£ per week. If you have a decent job, it’s almost equivalent to unpaid leave.
Recently companies started offering enhanced parental leave, usually 5-6 months of full pay, but it’s not even close to being the norm.
Ah. Hadn't appreciated that, thanks. I suppose that's still better than nothing though, so the USA's 3-4 full pay ends up more than 2, but another 10 months' pay however meagre with a job to return to seems better to me. I think (again, with no experience) in that situation I'd be optimising for time off rather than money anyway, once required amounts of each are reached I mean.
Recently companies started offering enhanced parental leave, usually 5-6 months of full pay, but it’s not even close to being the norm.