pregnancy and maternity

The EAT upheld a claim of direct pregnancy discrimination where a risk assessment had decided that the claimant could stay in her current ro...

Summary Equality Act protection for pregnancy discrimination is wide. For example, it is not an excuse that the woman was taken on to tempor...

Introduction Since April 2015, what was known as Additional Paternity Leave and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay has been abolished and re...

The Court of Appeal has held (subject to any appeal to the Supreme Court) that it is not sex discrimination to offer enhanced maternity pay ...

The EU Court of Justice held that failure to carry out an individual risk assessment for a breastfeeding mother in accordance with the Pregn...

Summary Even without any employee being pregnant, an employer must perform a risk assessment if there are staff of child-bearing age and the...

Summary Absence for IVF treatment prior to the start of actual pregnancy (ie implantation), or up to a very short period before, is correctl...

Pregnant women and new mothers who are directly employed have rights conferred by the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) in addition to their ...

Compulsory H&S laws provide EqA defence Schedule 22 EqA excludes from the provisions of the EqA anything that must be done pursuant to a...

A wide range of laws cover pregnancy and maternity, including health and safety, the Equality Act, and other employment protection rules. Th...

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