Pregnant workers and new mothers

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• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer insist that part-time employees arrange all their antenatal appointments for times when they are not working?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer offer an employee less money for alternative work during their pregnancy where they cannot do their normal job because of the risks involved?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If a pregnant employee is given suitable alternative work during their pregnancy, is their right to return to work after maternity leave the right to return to this job or to their normal position?

• Type:

  How to

  How to ensure employees' smooth reintroduction to the workplace on their return from maternity leave

  Practical guidance on employees' smooth reintroduction to the workplace on their return from maternity leave.

• Type:

  How to

  How to take disciplinary action against an employee during pregnancy or maternity leave

  Practical guidance on taking disciplinary action against an employee during pregnancy or maternity leave, including avoiding discrimination; and dismissing an employee on maternity leave.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Are employers under an obligation to provide breastfeeding facilities for nursing mothers?

• Date:

  7 July 2006

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Health and safety/maternity rights: 'Avoiding risk' to new and expectant mothers

  In New Southern Railway Ltd v Quinn [2006] IRLR 606 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that an employer's duty to take steps to "avoid" risk to a pregnant woman means that the risk should be reduced to its lowest acceptable level - not that it must be removed completely.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Should the employer maintain an employee's pay during pregnancy-related sickness absence if they are not entitled to contractual sick pay?

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Bess Sturman and Richard Port of Addleshaw Goddard outline the latest legal rulings and explain what you need to know to avoid tribunals.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is statutory maternity pay calculated if the employee is on sick pay during the calculation period?