Employment: Pregnancy

(asked on 5th February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department provides support to pregnant employees that have challenged their unfair dismissal and discriminatory employment practices that they have experienced.


Answered by
Kate Dearden Portrait
Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 13th February 2026

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Business and Trade, provides authoritative and impartial advice free to employees or employers in relation to employment discrimination issues via their website (http://www.acas.org.uk) and telephone helpline 0300 123 1100 or text relay service 18001 0300 123 1100. ACAS also provides employees and employers with Early Conciliation to help them resolve or settle their workplace dispute without going to court.

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