Thursday 10 October 2013

Call for parents to get automatic bereavement leave on death of child



Something I feel very strongly about:Let's hope this bill is passed......

Labour MP Tom Harris has launched a private members' bill in the House of Commons to try and give parents the legal right to time off work if one of their children dies. He wants the law to change so that people are given statutory bereavement leave, rather than leaving it to the employer's discretion. The bill follows months of campaigning by Lucy Herd following the death of her son Jack. 

Read more on the following BBC news link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23963866