Pregnancy: Discrimination

(asked on 6th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment the Government has made of trends in the level of pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 14th January 2020

The Government recognises the importance of tackling pregnancy and maternity discrimination. That is why we committed in our Manifesto to reform redundancy law so companies cannot discriminate against women after they have returned from maternity leave.

The Government is currently undertaking the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey which surveys over 3,000 parents across Great Britain to understand leave and employment decisions when they have a baby, this includes a question on whether a parent experienced any discrimination at work.

The Government will undertake further research into pregnancy and maternity related discrimination when the current package of interventions has had time to take effect.

Reticulating Splines