Workplace resources

Introduction

Returning to work

Sands: Returning to work after the death of your baby

Tommy's: Returning to work after stillbirth

Employment rights

Equality & Human Rights Commission: Employment rights - Employee FAQs

Equality & Human Rights Commission: Employment rights - Employer FAQs

Guides for employers

Acas: Bereavement in the workplace

Sands: Information for employers

Six steps to supporting employees through bereavement

Miscarriage Association: Miscarriage and the workplace

For work colleagues and managers – how to give support after a stillbirth

Work blogs

#FindingtheWords – Workplace conversations about baby loss

Baby Loss Awareness Week: Why it's more than a week

Managing grief in the workplace

Introduction

A collection of guides for employers and employees covering practical information to support return to work following loss. Also links to information on employment rights following loss.

I have also included some of the materials I wrote for a wider work audience to illustrate the lasting impact of pregnancy and baby loss. These can be adapted for your own workplaces if necessary.

Returning to work

Sands: Returning to work after the death of your baby

Tommy's: Returning to work after stillbirth

Employment rights

Equality & Human Rights Commission: Employment rights - Employee FAQs

Employee FAQs on employment rights to leave and protection from detriment or discrimination

Equality & Human Rights Commission: Employment rights - Employer FAQs

Employer FAQs on employment rights to leave and protection from detriment or discrimination

Guides for employers

Acas: Bereavement in the workplace

This is aimed at employers and covers pregnancy and baby loss as part of wider guidance on managing the practical line management challenges of supporting a bereaved employee.

Sands: Information for employers

Covers managing grief in the workplace and legal rights around benefits and entitlements in the event of pregnancy and baby loss.

Six steps to supporting employees through bereavement

Article in HR Magazine about the importance of recognising the impact of grief in the workplace

Miscarriage Association: Miscarriage and the workplace

This leaflet contains information and advice for employers whose staff have been or may be affected by miscarriage, ectopic or molar pregnancy, including pregnancy-related sickness leave.

For work colleagues and managers – how to give support after a stillbirth

How to support parents at work whose baby was stillborn

Work blogs

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