Easy way around this one - don't employ women.
Simples.
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Sorry. Saw the headline and expected to find a picture of a Russian Oligarch stroking a squirrel.
"You expect me to talk? No Mr Bond, I expect you to read my posts!"
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New serious threat to Britain's finances
Business and taxpayers face £2bn bill under Brussels plans to give new mothers 18 weeks leave on full pay
Taxpayers and business owners will be forced to foot a £2billion a year bill if Brussels agrees to an overhaul of maternity pay today.
Business leader fears such a move would deal a serious blow to Britain's finances which are under intense pressure because of the fragile state of the economy.
Women would be given 18 weeks' statutory maternity leave at full pay. The aim of the changes is to bring into line the minimum statutory benefits of the 27 EU member states which vary markedly.
At present, British women have the right to take a year's leave but at a relatively low rate of pay.
Employed new mothers who meet the criteria are handed 90 per cent pay for the first six weeks off, followed by a further 33 weeks at, the lower of either the standard rate of £123.06, or 90 per cent of your average gross weekly earnings.
Experts fear the rate proposed by Brussels will cost the country a further £1.5bn to £2bn a year.
More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Brussels.html
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FFS, only extra £2 bln per year, it's only bloody 18 weeks - 6-9 months would have been by far more appropriate, especially given such a low cost of doing so.
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