Are you confused about your rights during maternity leave? Have you come back to find you're in a completely different role? Has your employer told you it's not possible to take parental leave? Do you think you are being treated differently since becoming a parent? Mumsnet and Maternity Action have got you!
We are teaming up again to provide an online legal clinic - where anyone can come and ask a question and get free advice on pregnancy, maternity and parental rights at work from qualified employment solicitors and barristers who are members of the Employment Law Association. We're really glad to be able to provide this resource for all women and parents. We see on the forums that this is a huge issue, especially during covid.
There are no stupid questions, so go ahead and please spread this around to friends and family!
Once you ask your question, the specialist solicitors and barristers will take necessary additional detail via private messaging before posting up answers and advice (this information will never be shared, will be deleted, and is only to make sure sure that there is no conflict of interest).
HOW IT WORKS
If you have a question about how you are treated and what your rights are at work during pregnancy, maternity or parental leave please post it below!
Some questions Mumsnet users asked last time:
I was made redundant in July whilst on maternity leave, two weeks after my mat leave started which was four days after my baby was born. I’ve found that you only have 3 months to do anything about this, is this true?
I've just returned from maternity and my role has changed, I've got fewer responsibilities than before my maternity. I don't have an up to date contract either. Do I have any rights or do I have to accept my reduced role?
Please give as much information as possible but remember that anyone can see this page so don’t name your employer (you send more info by private message). Next step is to send your name and the name of your employer by private message to MaternityActionfreeadvice so that it can be passed on to the volunteers to do a conflict of interest check. They cannot respond until you do this.
The clinic will run from Monday 7th to Friday 11th June. The advisors will do their best to answer questions within the week - but some may take a bit longer.
Terms and conditions – please read
The advice provided to an individual poster is based only on the information provided by that poster. Advice on this thread is also particular to the individual who has asked for it and is likely to be specific to that person’s situation. A poster may have provided further relevant information by private message which will not appear on this thread. So please take care if you choose to apply that advice to your own situation - it is recommended that you first take legal advice from one of the sources we have suggested here.
Mumsnet, Maternity Action and Maternity Action's volunteers accept no liability for any loss suffered as a result of an individual choosing to follow advice provided to another poster's question on the thread.
The lawyers, all of whom are specialists in employment law, will be working as volunteers for Maternity Action in respect of the clinic. Any personal information collected as a result of the clinic will be held by Maternity Action and will be deleted after 18 months. If you wish to make a complaint about the service you received, you can use Maternity Action’s complaints policy here.
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JuliaMumsnet · 03/06/2021 16:38
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