Currently, fathers can apply for paternity leave within a 16-week window, but some MPs wanted to expand this to 52 weeks – an idea rejected outright by Labour Minister Zeta Emilianides.
She said this proposal would pose a series of constitutional proposals if adopted, and risk getting dragged out in litigation before the supreme court.
Emilianidou said the purpose of the bill under discussion was to evenly distribute the share of responsibility among...