Bereavement Leave

• Paid pregnancy loss leave included in Budget 2023. But who can get it?

  Federal workers who experience pregnancy loss may soon be entitled to paid leave, according to a proposal in the Liberals' 2023 budget. Advocates say the benefit should be for all.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023
  
• UCP MLAs confirm Alberta bereavement leave would cover abortion

  Madu and Frey said the Labour Statues Amendment Act would expand access to bereavement leave to employees whose pregnancy ends "in anything other than a live birth."

  Canada

  May 10, 2022
  
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• Alberta government expands bereavement and reservist leaves for employees

  Bill 17, otherwise known as the Labour Statutes Amendment Act, will expand bereavement and reservist leaves for Alberta employees if passed.

  Health

  Apr 21, 2022
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• Jonathan’s Law pushes for extended leave for bereaved parents

  A New Democrat MPP says parents who have lost a child need more than 10 days to grieve before having to return to work.

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2016
• Nova Scotia extending compassionate care and bereavement leave

  Both the federal EI changes and the provincial changes will take effect on Jan. 3.

  Money

  Nov 19, 2015