Part 1: Parental Bereavement Leave 80EA: Parental Bereavement Leave
Section 80EA requires the Secretary of State to make regulations to give an entitlement to employed parents to time off work following the death of a child. It provides for conditions for that entitlement – determining exactly who is a ‘parent’ for these purposes – to be defined in regulations by reference to the employee’s relationship with the child who has died, including by reference to caring for the child prior to the child’s death.
	Regulations must set the duration of leave and when the leave can be taken. The duration of leave must be at least 2 weeks; and the Regulations must establish a period within which the leave may be taken, which must extend to at least 56 days after the child’s death. The Regulations must also specify that, where more than one child dies, the employee is entitled to leave in respect of each child.
	In addition, Regulations can make provision for how the leave is to be taken.
	A child is defined as being under the age of 18 years and a week is any 7 day period.