Are You Allowed To Take Your Child To Work?

[Kardashev]

https://news.sky.com/story/commons-speaker-backs-allowing-mps-to-bring-babies-into-chamber-but-says-debate-chair-should-have-final-say-12505062
...ridiculous. I like the current speaker but I think he's wrong here.

[albaqwerty]

The MP is there to represent their constituency, was the bump and subsequent baby on the ballot too? How can they do their job if they are attached to their child? Not well, I guess.
If they allow babies in, what is the point of maternity leave? May as well do away with it altogether.

[bednobs]

"The US Senate allows Senators to attend with wee ones aged under one"
There us very little maternity leave in the USA. I think my sister had 2 weeks when my nephew was born. I donot know ifitd different for senators. Over here if an mp can't bear to jbe away from the baby, or believes it's best to be looked after by the parent, they can take 52 weeks mat leave so you can't really compare

[naomi24]

People should organise their lives around their jobs - not the other way around. If they can’t do that with their current job they need to find something that suits better. I
certainly wouldn’t pay someone who combines their private and working lives by multitasking. If I’m paying their wages I want their best efforts and 100% of their attention.

[Cloverjo]

I took my child to work once because his dad didn’t turn up to mind him. My boss soon found someone to cover my shift and I went home.

I think it’s ok for emergencies, but I wouldn’t regularly schedule taking my child to work. It’s unfair on everyone else. And there is a nursery at the HOC.

[barry1010]

I think lots of working parents would appreciate a similar facility in the workplace https://www.parliament.uk/about/working/nursery/

[Cloverjo]

Stupidly, I had thought the childcare was free.
£500 odd quid for two days?
No wonder Stella took her baby with her in the HOC.

[pat2604]

Agree with Bednobs. A social visit to a client is fine if a client asks to see a dog or child. I have never yet experienced a care worker,whether in the clients home or a care home, bring a child with them to work. And I do consider looking after a baby or young child to be a full time job, which you can't balance with caring for clients properly.

[rowanwitch]

If you can't afford adequate childcare on an MP's salary and organise your life to accommodate that child's needs like the majority of people in this country how can you expect voters to trust you to organise that country. I would understand it a baby is breastfed, as some women struggle to express enough. Isn't the real problem the hours that the house and associated committees sit. It's harder to arrange childcare for late evenings, especially if you have been involved in committee and constituency work all day.