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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sarah Butler

Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage

The exact length of time to be given to people who lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks will be specified later.
The exact length of time to be given to people who lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks will be specified later. Photograph: Peter Cade/Getty Images

Parents in Britain will be granted the right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s changes to workers’ rights, it has been confirmed.

In a change to the law made via amendments to the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the legal right to at least one week’s bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation.

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