Maternity Discrimination

Discrimination and Pregnancy

Your employer is not allowed to discriminate against you with regard to

cutting your hours without your consent
making you redundant due to your pregnancy
giving you inappropriate work to do
going for disciplinary because of sickness due to pregnancy
changing terms and conditions without your consent
giving you poor performance reviews due to your pregnancy

Do I get my job back after Maternity Leave?

You are entitled to your job back when you return to work from OML or after AML a job of similar nature and position. You are also entitled to benefit from any bonuses, wage increases or any other improvement in conditions that your co-workers have been awarded.

Can I change my return to work date?

If you choose to return to work before the 52 weeks you are entitled to expire you will need to give your employer eight weeks notice of your return.

Flexible working and maternity discrimination

Parents have the right if they have a child under 16or 18 if the child is disabled to ask to work flexi time. Your employer must consider your request reasonably and answer you in writing within 14 days. Reasons if and why your request is or is not possible will be stated. You may only make one application every twelve months to work flexibly. You may have grounds to appeal if you feel your request was not considered fairly, this needs to be made within fourteen days.