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10 days leave for grandparents, menopause, miscarriage and fertility treatment.

Submitted on Wednesday 5th January 2022

Rejected on Monday 10th January 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

10 days leave for grandparents, menopause, miscarriage and fertility treatment.

Petition Details

I believe companies should introduce 10 days paid leave for new grandparents, women going through the menopause, couples who suffer a miscarriage or undergoing fertility treatment.

Additional Information

Kellogg's are giving extra paid leave for those undergoing fertility treatment or staff who suffer the loss of a pregnancy.

Another company Saga, the travel and insurance company for the over-50s, is to give employees a week of paid leave to celebrate the birth of a grandchild.

The company, said it was introducing the policy in recognition that grandparents play an increasingly essential role in childcare while also building a work culture that appeals to the over-50s.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about whether to introduce paid leave along the lines you've suggested are a matter for indiviudal companies, not the Government or Parliament.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to grant workers legal rights to paid leave in certain circumstances, if that's what you want to happen.

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