Take a week off work if your distant cousin dies, says Labour

Labour to allow Britons to take week off work if distant or chosen family member dies

Workers could be allowed to take a week off work to grieve following the death of a close friend or extended family member under changes being considered by Labour.Ministers are consulting on proposed extensions to bereavement leave entitlements as part of Sir Keir Starmer's Employment Rights Bill. Under the plans, employees will be entitled to a minimum of seven-days bereavement leave after the death of an aunt, uncle cousin, niece or nephew.Th…

Keir Starmer's rule that allows workers to take a week off work if distant uncle

Ministers have not yet decided which relatives would be covered under the new workers' rights bill and have published a list of options in a consultation document.

Week off for workers if distant relatives die, Labour's flagship workers' rights bill says

Ministers have not yet decided which relatives would be covered under the rules and have published a list of options

Take a week off work if your distant cousin dies, says Labour

Workers’ rights bill could extend definition of a loved one to ‘virtually any personal relationship’