Pregnancy And Maternity Discrimination Redundancy

You can be made redundant during pregnancy or maternity or parental leave providing it is a genuine redundancy situation and you have not been selected for redundancy because of your pregnancy or leave.

Pregnancy and maternity discrimination redundancy. This is a commitment in the. It also sets out more widely what the department is doing to tackle pregnancy and maternity discrimination and explain the current law on redundancy protection. Employment law relating to pregnancy and maternity and redundancy is covered by different acts of parliament the equality act 2010 and the employment rights act 1996 the equality act sets out a.

An employer should take care that the redundancy selection criteria it uses does not discriminate against employees who are pregnant or on maternity leave. Pregnancy and maternity discrimination is illegal and those on maternity leave have special protection in a redundancy situation. These reforms will for the first time extend that redundancy.