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    Working parents employment law: DOES IT NEED AN OVERHAUL?

    Jan 31, 2020 6 minutes
    BY JAYNE HARRISON

    There has been an on-going struggle to pass laws that offer legal protection to pregnant working women. More and more people have been advocating for more support on this certain issue. In this article, the author highlights certain aspects revolving around pregnancy rights, namely: maternity leave, paternity leave, and parental leave.

    They show that since 2018, the number of women fired on maternity leave has increased by 70%

    Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst revealed plans to increase the legal protection for pregnant women against redundancy to cover up to 2 years.

    This new policy would support working mothers for an extra 6-month extension when returning to the workplace. The news came after Government consultations uncovered results of continued unfair discrimination of new parents by their employers.

    According to the BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), one in nine women have been made redundant, fired or forced out of their job when they returned to work after having

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