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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Working fathers 'keen to make the most of paternity rights'  Working fathers in the UK are keen to take advantage of the paternity rights available to them, it has been suggested. According to figures published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - which aims to grow the economy, from higher education to enterprise and business - 56 per cent of men polled with children 16 and under said that they would look for an employer who offers flexible working conditions. In addition, 91 per cent of those with youngsters aged five or under stated they believe it is important that fathers have the option to take paid paternity leave. Meanwhile, more than six in ten (62 per cent) said their relationship with their child will suffer if they are not at home after the baby is born. Employment relations minister Lord Young remarked: "We know that rights for dads at work are valued by people and that businesses also see real benefits in offering them." Lamport Bassitt partner Jonathan Gray stated: "It is intended that the Additional Paternity Leave and Pay scheme will come into force on April 6th 2010 and will apply to parents of children due on or after April 3rd 2011. "The scheme is to provide fathers with the right to up to six months' leave to care for a child, if the child's mother returns to work without exercising her full entitlement to maternity leave. "Some of that leave may be paid if it is taken during the mother's maternity pay period. Similar provisions will also apply for adoptive parents." 
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