FelixCressParental leave isn't a holiday or a 'year off' – so don't pit parents against workers | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
I thought I would put my comment here to avoid ridiculous Guardian censorship which they call “moderation”:
Actually this is a year off work so very much a “year off”.
Probably bcz you don’t know what raising a tiny human entails.
If I take a sabbatical from my career and go work for a charity, I’m still taking a year off from my original job. What you do with the time is irrelevant to the language used.
Should people get parental leave? … absolutely. Is it “time off” from your job? … Yes. Are they taking a holiday? … No.
It might be a time off from employment but it’s not time off. It’s not a fucking holiday.
PyrThat’s what they said… It’s semantics. People associating “time off” with holiday for no reason when they don’t mean the same thing.