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UK Law Reference
All sections of Employment Rights Act 1996
1996 c. 18, s.80EE

Section 80EE — Application in relation to stillbirths

This version in force from 2020-01-18

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

[F1 In this Chapter—]

(a) [F1 references to a child include a child stillborn after twenty-four weeks of pregnancy, and]

(b) [F1 references to the death of a child are to be read, in relation to a stillborn child, as references to the birth of the child.]

Amendment notes

  1. F1 Pt. 8 Ch. 4 inserted (18.1.2020) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24), s. 2(2), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 2020/45, reg. 2