Labour MPs back legislation to protect new mothers at work.
Finding out you’re pregnant, becoming a mother, having a baby, or adopting a child is supposed to be one of the happiest times in your life.While colleagues have sent soon-to-be-mums off on maternity leave with flowers, some employers have a redundancy notice waiting for their return.In 2016, a BEIS-commissioned, Equality and Human Rights Commission survey found that three in four women experienced pregnancy and maternity discrimination.
The government have consistently said they will address this issue, with promises to extend redundancy protections to the period of pregnancy and following their return to work. But it’s never come to pass.Most recently was October 2019, where the Queen’s Speech pledged to deliver these commitments through an Employment Bill.
Discrimination was rife pre-pandemic, but mothers were one-and-a-half times more likely than fathers to have lost their job since the lockdown began and women dominate industries that are slower to recover.
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