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Why Parental Leave Changed in Eleven Months
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Why Parental Leave Changed in Eleven Months
After last episode's three year ban, a counter example. A parental leave change went from a briefing note to law in eleven months. Eleanor looks at the conditions that made speed possible and the trade-offs it carried.
- The evidence base that already existed, and who had built it years earlier
- Using a budget bill as the vehicle and what that skips
- The consultation that was shorter, and the group that said so
- A payroll officer on what implementation looked like from the other end
- What a fast process gains and what it gives up
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Transcript
Welcome back to From Memo to Law, I am Eleanor Whitcombe. Last time we watched a plastic bag ban take three and a half years. Today, the opposite. A change to parental leave that went from a briefing note to a law in eleven months, which inside government counts as sprinting. The question for this episode is simple. What was different? Part of the answer is that the evidence had been gathered years earlier by people who never saw it used. Part of it is the vehicle, a budget bill, which moves on its own timetable and skips some stops. I have a former deputy minister to explain the choices, and a payroll officer who had to make the change work on a Monday morning. We will look at what speed gained and what it cost. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.
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