Consumer Corner: What you need to know if you are taking parental leave this summer

"CEO of Excel Recruitment, Barry Whelan, says the summer months are often favoured for parental leave requests, because they coincide with children’s summer holidays and better weather."

Consumer Corner: Make sure you spend quality time with your family during your parental leave 

Primary schools will soon be closing for the summer and parents will be looking at the calendar wondering how they will occupy their children. Childcare, summer camps, gardens, and television help, but another option is parental leave.

Parental leave is a scheme introduced by the Government to allow parents to spend more time with their children. However, it is unpaid, so you may be with the children, but you won’t be paid.