Pregnancy And Maternity Discrimination Government Response

Pregnancy and maternity discrimination is still far too prevalent.
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination government response. The equality and human rights. Pregnancy and maternity discrimination extending redundancy protection for women and new parents. Extending redundancy protection for women and new parents pdf 372kb 21 pages this file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination. In january 2019 the department for business energy and industrial strategy published a consultation on extending redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents. The government has responded to recommendations made to help reduce the number of mothers affected by pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace.
Although many recommendations were rejected the government has committed to consider further and bring forward proposals to ensure that the protections in place for those who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave are sufficient. The government has published its response to the house of commons women and equalities committee report on pregnancy and maternity discrimination.