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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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 78B-6-103, of a child born as a result of the pregnancy; or
(d) under a valid gestational agreement in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 15, Part 8, Gestational Agreement, the employee would have been a parent of a child born as a result of the pregnancy.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 53B. State System of Higher Education § 53B-1-119. Bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-53b-state-system-of-higher-education/ut-code-sect-53b-1-119/
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