‘I had three miscarriages in one year – bereavement leave would have helped us process our grief’

MPs call on government to introduce entitlement to paid bereavement leave for miscarriage in new legislation

‘I had three miscarriages in one year – bereavement leave would have helped us process our grief’

Women and their partners should be entitled to paid bereavement leave if they experience a miscarriage as part of new employment laws being brought in by the Labour government, MPs have urged.

MPs and campaign groups are calling on ministers to ensure that a period of paid leave is available to all women and partners who experience pre-24 week pregnancy loss – to match the existing provision for those who experience baby loss after 24 weeks.

Anna Malnutt, 34, went through three miscarriages in 2018 and told The Independent that having bereavement leave would have helped her and her partner take the time they needed to grieve.

‘I had three miscarriages in one year – bereavement leave would have helped us process our grief’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/miscarriage-pregnancy-loss-leave-grief-b2679308.html