Northern Ireland's New Laws Boost Women's Rights at Work

0:00On April 6th, Northern Ireland's employment minister just dropped three big laws to boost women's rights at work, tackling family care gaps that keep. Almost seven times more women than men out of jobs. The first one kicks in today. Two weeks of pay leave for women after a miscarriage, plus the same for their partners. That's huge, since one in five pregnancies ends that way, and now the north is first on these islands to make it law. Women have long struggle with grief and health hits for miscarriages, often without boss support or the guts to ask for time off. This fixes that, giving real space to heal without losing pay. Next up, ten days paid leave for domestic abuse victims to handle housing, court, kids, or doctors. Then the good jobs bills shakes things up, big time, flexible work requests from day one, no 26 week wait, one week care is leave 12 weeks. Leave for neonatal care, and stronger shields for pregnant workers. These moves aim to flip the script on workplace equality, pushing dignity and balance for

1:02women and families across society.