Regulation 4 Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986

The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 11 (continuous employment), in paragraph (1)(e), after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”.

In regulation 20 (meaning of “earnings”), in paragraph (4) at the end insert—

“;

(i)

any sum payable by way of statutory parental bereavement pay, including any sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZZ8(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act”.