New Zealand becomes only second country after India to pass Miscarriages Bereavement Leave Law
- The New Zealand Parliament has recently passed legislation to provide leave for miscarriage and for stillbirth
- The Bill allows mothers and their partners the right to paid leave following a miscarriage or still birth, without having to tap into sick leave.
- Employees will get three days leave when a pregnancy ends with a stillbirth.
- With this, New Zealand has become only the second country in the world to do so.
- India is the only other country in the world with similar legislation that provides leave for miscarriage and stillbirth