Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(a) Part 1 creates a statutory entitlement to parental bereavement leave,(b) Part 2 creates a statutory entitlement to parental bereavement pay, and(c) Part 3 contains related amendments.(1) An amendment or repeal made by the Schedule has the same extent as the provision to which it relates.(2) Section 1 and the Schedule come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.(4) This Act may be cited as the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018.(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows.(2) After section 80E insert—“ , 80EA ” .(4) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows.(5) After section 171ZZ5 insert—
- “(1) The Secretary of State must make regulations entitling an employee who is a bereaved parent to be absent from work on leave under this section.
- (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) an employee is a “bereaved parent” if the employee satisfies conditions specified in the regulations as to relationship with a child who has died.
- (3) The conditions specified under subsection (2) may be framed, in whole or in part, by reference to the employee's care of the child before the child's death.
- (4) The regulations must include provision for determining—
- (a) the extent of an employee's entitlement to leave under this section in respect of a child;
- (b) when leave under this section may be taken.
- “child” means a person under the age of 18 (see also section 80EE for the application of this Chapter in relation to stillbirths) ;
- “week” means any period of seven days.
- “(1) A person who satisfies the conditions in subsection (2) is entitled in accordance with the following provisions of this Part to payments to be known as...
To continue reading
Request your trial