Parental Bereavement Leave Update - Jersey

Jersey's States Assembly has unanimously approved a proposition to introduce a statutory minimum period of parental bereavement leave.

Following the recent introduction of legislation in the UK (known as 'Jack's Law'), it has been agreed that the Social Security Minister will bring forward proposals by the end of March 2022 so that employed parents in Jersey have a 'day-one' right to take two weeks of leave following the death of a child under the age of 18.

Key features of the proposal

• Parents would receive their full salary, paid by the Government of Jersey in the form of a benefit. There would be no cost to the employer.
• Leave would be available to biological parents, parents by marriage or civil partnership, adoptive parents and foster parents.