Committees

Equality at work: miscarriage and bereavement leave

Inquiry

The Committee will hear evidence from charities, researchers, HR professionals, employers and trade unions about workplace support for women and their partners who experience miscarriage and pregnancy loss.  This will include examining the case for extending eligibility for parental bereavement leave.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 3 January 2025.

Work news

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Women and Equalities Committee's call for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave to progress in the Lords, Government says
The Women and Equalities Committee’s “invaluable” report on miscarriage bereavement leave highlighted “the gap in support for women and their partners who experience a pre-24-week pregnancy loss”, the Government response has said.
24 March 2025
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Women and Equalities Committee welcomes minister’s commitment to ‘vital’ miscarriage bereavement leave law change
Introducing statutory bereavement leave for those who miscarry during pregnancy, in new employment laws “will make a vital difference”, the Women and Equalities Committee Chair Sarah Owen has said.
11 March 2025
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‘Time to grieve’: case for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave is ‘overwhelming’
MPs on the cross-party committee raised concerns that progress towards recognising the grief of those who experience pre-24 week pregnancy losses “does not go far enough”
15 January 2025
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WEC to hear evidence on the need for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave
The Women and Equalities Committee will examine the workplace impacts of miscarriage and early pregnancy losses
27 November 2024
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