Our expert employment solicitor explains parents’ rights to time off work and other entitlements following the death of a child.
The loss of a child is something that many of us never expect to experience, and is without a doubt one of the worst things that somebody could go through. The legal right to bereavement leave after the death of a child is something many assume has always been in place, but only came into force in 2020 under The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations.
Below, our employment law expert Laura Thompson explains parental bereavement leave, bereavement pay, your rights, and how to approach your employer about bereavement leave.
The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 (the ‘PBL Regulations’) and the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020 came into effect on 6th April 2020.
Known as Jack’s Law in memory of Jack Herd, a 23-month-old toddler who drowned in 2010, Jack’s mother Lucy had campaigned tirelessly since losing her son for a reformation of bereavement leave.
The regulations give grieving parents the legal entitlement to two weeks leave following the death of a child on or after April 2020. The right to PBL applies to all employees, with no minimum service requirement, and to parents, adoptive parents, and others responsible for the day-to-day care of a child.
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