Pregnant women to get more protection against being made redundant

Key Facts

• Image caption, Sarah - pictured with son Ted - says it broke her heart when she felt forced to leave her company after giving birth Pregnant women will get more protection against being made redundant under new rules set to become law later this year.
• Under the new law, this protection will begin from the moment a woman tells her boss she is pregnant until the child is 18 months old.
• Currently, the Maple (Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999) say that an employer should not make a woman on maternity leave or a parent on shared parental or adoption leave redundant and they are obliged to offered them a suitable alternative vacancy where one exists, if their job is at risk.
• However, Pregnant Then Screwed director Joeli Brearley said very few women are able to challenge employers who ignore the current protections because the legal system isn't on their side.

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