Pregnancy loss

New and updated

• Date:

  9 August 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Promoting workplace gender equality: Five innovative health-related policies

  Employers are increasingly focused on using health initiatives to remove barriers to gender equality, diversity and inclusion. We round up five gender-focused health-related policies that have caught on in UK workplaces in recent years.

• Date:

  19 April 2022

  Type:

  Case studies

  How UK Coaching developed its pregnancy loss support

  UK Coaching talks to XpertHR about the development of its pregnancy loss support, and how this has helped to drive a culture change in the organisation.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Supporting employees experiencing pregnancy loss policy

  Enhanced to cover termination for medical reasons (TFMR), including encouraging employees to tell their employer, time off work, and support for partners.

• Date:

  10 February 2022

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Difficult pregnancies and pregnancy loss: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that they were discriminated against during difficult pregnancies and pregnancy loss.

• Date:

  19 May 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Pregnancy loss: Supporting employees affected by termination for medical reasons

  Pregnancy loss charities have welcomed recent initiatives by some employers to offer paid time off to employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth. One form of pregnancy loss that is rarely talked about, however, is termination for medical reasons. Jane Fisher takes us through the specific difficulties that can arise and how employers can help.

• Date:

  1 March 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Supporting employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth

  Vicki Robinson, deputy director at the Miscarriage Association, and Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, discuss how to support employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth.

• Type:

  How to

  How to support an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth or whose baby dies after birth

  Updated to include information on parental bereavement leave and pay, in force from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee who suffers stillbirth explaining their maternity rights

  A model letter to advise an employee who has suffered a stillbirth after 24 weeks' pregnancy of their entitlements in respect of maternity leave, parental bereavement leave and sickness absence.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee whose baby dies after birth explaining their maternity rights

  A model letter to advise an employee whose baby has died after birth of their entitlements in respect of maternity leave, parental bereavement leave and sickness absence.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee whose partner suffers stillbirth explaining their paternity rights

  Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.