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Podcast: Moncrieff
Episode: The role of a workplace in dealing with pregnancy loss
Description: University College Cork has become the first Irish university to introduce paid leave to employees who have experienced pregnancy loss.It follows extensive work carried out by the university’s Pregnancy Loss Research Group.Its 2024 report revealed that many people surveyed reported negative and discriminatory attitudes in the workplace after they had revealed they had had a miscarriage, while others confided they had pressure from management to return to work before they were ready to do so.Under current legislation, there is no statutory paid leave for people who experience pregnancy loss under 23 we...