Losing a child is every parent’s worst fear and it is essential that parents are given time to grieve and deal with practicalities in the aftermath of a death. Parents may be forced to make hard choices about returning to work at a desperately difficult time, fearing loss of pay or job security if they take time off. The Government has therefore announced a new bereavement leave which will allow parents to take two weeks' leave in the event of a child’s death. The new law (known as Jack’s Law in memory of Jack Herd, whose mother Lucy Herd campaigned for parental bereavement leave) will take effect from 6 April 2020 and allows parents who suffer the loss of a child to take 2 weeks’ paid leave from work.
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