Parental Bereavement Leave. Parental bereavement leave is an entitlement to leave and pay for up to two weeks for those parents and primary carers who sadly experience the death of a child under the age of 18. The leave also applies to parents who suffer a stillbirth 24 weeks or more into pregnancy. In this instance, female employees will still be entitled to up to 52 weeks of maternity leave and/or pay. ‘Primary carers’ include adoptive parents, xxxxxx parents (who have had the child living with them for at least 4 weeks), guardians, a partner of anyone who qualifies as parent and those classed as ‘kinship carers’, who may be close relatives or family friends that have assumed responsibility for looking after a child in the absence of parents. The Council’s policy is for this leave to be at full pay and there is no qualifying period of employment for employees to receive this leave and pay in such tragic circumstances. Parental bereavement leave can be taken in units of one week and cannot be taken as individual days. Bereaved parents will be able to take the leave as: • a single block of two weeks; or • two separate blocks of one week at different times (for example the first week immediately after the child's death and the second week at the time of the funeral). The leave has to be taken within 56 weeks from the date of the death of the child. This can allow bereaved parents flexibility as to when they take the leave. For example, an employee may wish to take leave around the first anniversary of the child's death. Employees already taking maternity leave will be able to add their parental bereavement leave on to the end of their maternity leave. Notice requirements for employees to take parental bereavement leave: • Leave taken soon after the death (within 56 days of the death) Bereaved parents will be able to take the leave straight away, without having to give a period of notice. They will still need to let their line manager know the reason for their absence from work and that they wish to take parental bereavement leave. However, informal notification, such as a phone call, email or text, will be sufficient in the circumstances. • Leave taken after the initial period (after 56 days of the death) After the initial period, bereaved parents will normally have to give at least one week's notice of leave by making a written request to their line manager (e.g. by letter or email). When taking paid parental bereavement leave, a form will need to be completed within a reasonable tim...
Parental Bereavement Leave. Operatives are entitled to parental bereavement leave if their child or a child in their care has died or been stillborn after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Parental bereavement leave can be one week, two consecutive weeks, or two separate weeks. It can be taken at any time during the first 56 weeks after the child's death. Operatives may qualify for statutory parental bereavement pay (SPBP) during parental bereavement leave if:
Parental Bereavement Leave. Where the pregnancy of an employee not then on parental leave terminates other than by the birth of a living child, the employee may take leave for such periods as a registered medical practitioner certifies as necessary, as follows:
Parental Bereavement Leave. Should a pregnancy end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or termination, including cases in which pregnancy is by surrogate, or should an adoption be disrupted (failure between placement and finalization) or dissolved (failure after finalization), or should an employee suffer the loss of a qualifying child (child means a biological, adopted or xxxxxx child, stepchild, legal xxxx or a child of a person standing in loco parentis who is either under the age of 18 or 18 and older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability), parental bereavement leave provides an opportunity for job protected, paid time off.
Parental Bereavement Leave a. The Parties understand:
Parental Bereavement Leave c. During new bargaining unit employee orientation, bargaining unit employees shall be advised of Parental Bereavement Leave and related provisions.
