Increase in unfair treatment.
Visits to the pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work pages of the Citizens Advice website DOUBLED in the past year.
This remarkable statistic is revealed in Sharp practice at work: maternity rights, Citizens Advice insight on the top four types of unfair treatment at work and what can be done about them. Pregnancy and maternity discrimination is when you’re treated unfairly because you’re pregnant, breastfeeding or because you’ve recently had a child. Most frequent issue was redundancy or dismissal.
Elaine Parr, Chief Executive Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead said:
“All employers should respect and uphold the rights of their staff.
“As an employee you cannot be made redundant or have your hours reduced because you are pregnant. Your employer must carry out a health and safety assessment and if you return to work within a year you are entitled to return to the same job or an equivalent role.
“If you have concerns about pregnancy or maternity discrimination you can get free, impartial advice by calling us on 0344 444 111. Or come into one of our offices at Redhill, Banstead, Merstham or Horley.”