Submitted on Tuesday 15th June 2021
Rejected on Monday 21st June 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow a reduced maternity leave for babies born before 24 weeks
Parents who give birth to a baby after 12 weeks but before 24 weeks are classed as "late miscarriage" even though a woman still has to give birth, and in many cases depending on the gestation, arrange a funeral, the law currently only allows 5 days paid bereavement at an employers discretion
Many cannot take the financial burden of unpaid leave or sick leave, there should be a set period of paid miscarriage leave between 12 and 24 weeks gestation, where a woman can not only start to mentally heal but also physically recover after a traumatic birth and in some cases, surgery
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Extend statutory bereavement leave to pregnancy loss before 24 weeks: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574455
Change maternity leave rules for baby losses before 24 weeks: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/581605
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