53H-3-403. Bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
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Effective 10/14/2025
53H-3-403. Bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
(1)As used in this section "miscarriage" means the spontaneous or accidental loss of a fetus, regardless of gestational age or the duration of the pregnancy.
(2)An institution shall adopt policies providing at least three work days of paid bereavement leave for an employee following the end of the employee's pregnancy by way of miscarriage or stillbirth or following the end of another individual's pregnancy by way of a miscarriage or stillbirth, if:
(a)the employee is the individual's spouse or partner;
(b)the employee is the individual's former spouse or partner and the employee would have been a biological parent of a child born as a result of the pregnancy;
(c)the employee provides documentation to show that the individual intended for the employee to be an adoptive parent, as that term is defined in Section 81-13-101 , of a child born as a result of the pregnancy; or
(d)under a valid gestational agreement in accordance with Title 81, Chapter 5, Part 8 , Gestational Agreement, the employee would have been a parent of a child born as a result of the pregnancy.
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