New Zealand Approves Paid Leave After A Miscarriage : NPR - 1 views
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New Zealand's Parliament has approved legislation that will provide three days of paid leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth, without needing to use sick leave.
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"The passing of this bill shows that once again New Zealand is leading the way for progressive and compassionate legislation, becoming only the second country in the world to provide leave for miscarriage and stillbirth,"
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The other country that provides such leave is India, which allows women to take six weeks of leave after a miscarriage,
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Washington, D.C., recently expanded its bereavement leave for public employees who lose a child, including those mourning a stillborn baby,
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D.C.'s new policy offers two weeks of paid leave to city employees who lose a child under the age of 21, including stillbirths.
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"You get three days' paid leave, maybe you bury your baby or you have a service, and then you go back to work, and you carry on — and then what? That's my concern,"
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"I'm celebrating it," she said, "but I want to see us keeping this compassion going, and looking further into the needs of these parents."