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MPs back GMB campaign to extend paid bereavement leave to pregnancy losses before 24 weeks
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PAID bereavement leave should be extended to pregnancy losses before 24 weeks, MPs said today.
The women and equalities committee said it will put forward the proposal as an amendment to the government’s Employment Rights Bill.
GMB has long been campaigning for the change in the law.
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