STATUTORY EMPLOYMENT LEAVE FOR BEREAVED PARENTS

Early day motion 911, tabled 6 January 2014 by Tom Harris (Labour). Signed by 60 members.

That this House believes that parents who suffer the death of a child should have the right to paid time off from their employer in order to grieve; recognises that most employers offer flexibility and support to employees in such tragic circumstances; deplores the significant number of employers who force bereaved parents to go back to work too early or take sick leave in order to grieve; congratulates the Jack's Rainbow campaign for highlighting the injustice that parents who suffer such a tragic loss have no statutory right to paid employment leave; and calls on the Government to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 to enshrine in law the right to statutory bereavement leave for parents.

Signatures by party: Labour 40, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 4, Conservative 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1.