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A model form to enable employees to provide notice of their entitlement and intention to take bereaved partner's paternity leave from 6 April 2026.
A model policy to set out employees' entitlement to bereaved partner's paternity leave from 6 April 2026.
Updated to detail the number of employment law reforms in the 289 pages of the Employment Rights Act.
Updated to reference secondary legislation that is paving the way for the introduction of paternity bereavement leave.
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
Updated to confirm that this measure is due to come into effect in 2027, according to the Government's updated timeline.
Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory parental bereavement pay for 2026/2027.
Parents who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy will be entitled to bereavement leave.
The Government 'fully accepts the principle of bereavement leave for pregnancy loss' and will take forward amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, tabled by 87 MPs, to include miscarriage in bereavement rights.
Updated to include the statutory parental bereavement pay rates in force from 6 April 2025.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to compassionate leave and bereavement leave.