Employment Contracts · glossary
Time off after the death of someone close. The Employment Rights Act 2025 will make unpaid bereavement leave a right from the first day of a job, expected from April 2027. That date may still move, but clause 27.3 gives whatever the law gives at the time. Contract 27.3 · Chapter 5 · see Statutory sick pay
Explained in Chapter 5, Holiday, Sick Pay and Time Off, of Employment Contracts.
Since April 2026, the 2025 Act has also made paternity leave and unpaid parental leave available from the first day of a job. A new right to unpaid bereavement leave (time off after the death of someone close) is expected from April 2027. It too will apply from the first day of a job, and its date may still move.Read Chapter 5, Holiday, Sick Pay and Time Off →
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