Northern Ireland First Part of UK To Offer Miscarriage Leave

Northern Ireland has become the first part of the United Kingdom to offer paid leave to women and their partners who endure a miscarriage. As per the ‘Belfast Telegraph’ article by Niamh Campbell The new regulations, which came into place on Monday, mean that people who experience a miscarriage are now entitled to up to two weeks’ leave and pay. This applies at any stage of pregnancy, whereas before, support was mainly for stillbirths after 24 weeks under parental bereavement ......