A Bill to amend Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to make provision about leave for persons donating body organs for transplant; and for connected purposes.
The Organ Donors (Leave) Bill would create a right to leave from work for people who donate body organs for transplant, by amending Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It aims to protect donors’ employment rights while they take time off and to set out how the leave works and related provisions. The measure is currently at its second reading in the House of Commons.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons and will need to progress through committee, report and third reading, and then the Lords, to become law.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill has been withdrawn and will not progress any further.
The order for the bill’s second reading was read and discharged on Tuesday 28 February 2017.
The Bill had its first reading on 22 November 2016 through the Ten Minute Rule procedure. The second reading was expected on Friday 24 March 2017 but was withdrawn.
If you require any further information about the Bill then please contact the sponsoring Member Louise Haigh.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
