Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The measure would add a new right to parental bereavement leave for employees who have lost a child. A child is defined as someone under 18, and the leave would last at least 10 working days, to be taken within 42 days of the child’s death; it also covers a stillborn child after 24 weeks of pregnancy. It would protect an employee’s employment rights while they are on this leave, so taking it would not reduce other entitlements.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 to make provision for an entitlement to bereavement leave to an employee who is a bereaved parent of a child who has died and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 13 February 2020