Pregnancy discrimination

[littl3]

I feel as though my employer is discriminating against me due to my pregnancy and I don’t know how to approach the situation! I went on the citizens advice website as well as a few others and they’ve pretty much confirmed what I’ve thought but I’m wondering if anyone else here has been through the same thing? The HR department and upper management are making me feel so anxious and depressed and I dread having to go in every day as all they do is make me jump through hoops over what I thought was a very reasonable request (I just want to be able to finish a bit earlier so I’m able to get home safely). I’ve had to provide midwife letters, GP letters, all for nothing. I’m very rarely provided a chair and when I am then I have to find it and carry it myself. I was put on a job continuously although I stated how uncomfortable it made me daily. I just don’t know what to do. They’ve made me feel so upset and isolated that I’ve had to tell my Mum about my pregnancy much sooner than I wanted to because I only had my partner to talk to. I’m sorry for rambling I’m just really stressed and anxious over the whole situation

Why can't you get home safely at your normal finish time? Pregnancy doesn't make you less safe.

There isn't very much information here - why don't you have a chair, have you asked if someone else can move it for you, what is your job, etc. And why does the job make you uncomfortable? Feeling discriminated against doesn't make it actual discrimination. There certainly isn't enough information here to suggest discrimination. What you think is reasonable isn't the same thing as being reasonable, so you can't simply say that you want things done in a particular way - you need to explain why it is necessary, why their refusal is unreasonable and so on. Nobody could help you without knowing that kind of information.

What's your job? How pregnant are you?

Have they done a risk assessment?

If you haven't told your mum, presumably you're earlier than 12 weeks - if so, you're requests do seem a bit unreasonable...

Please correct me if you're further along!

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None of what you have said appears, on the face of it, to be discrimination although I appreciate there may be more detail.
Is it a high risk pregnancy?

Not enough detail OP, can you elaborate?
How far along are you and what does your risk assessment say?

You don’t have any right to leave work early just because you are pregnant.

Why can’t you carry your own chair? Your pregnant, not disabled.

We need a bit more information. How does a pregnancy prevent you getting home safely at your usual time? If you're going to say that it gets dark, or you need to walk or you need to take a longer train or something then that is a ridiculous request.

They do need to do a risk assessment, especially if it's a physical job. And it's good to have a chair, but you're so early in your pregnancy that you really shouldn't need to sit down all the time. Unless you're having complications?

It doesn't sound like discrimination.

Are they allowing you to go to all your appointments? Are they limitinf your opportunities due to the pregnancy? Bullying you or anything?

We need more specifics.

You seem to be quite early on in your pregnancy.

I cant help wonder of you expectations are unreasonable. No one has the right to finish early, simply due to pregnancy. Asking for medical proof, is entirely reasonable.

I think you may need to adjust your expectations. Carry a chair is also fine.

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Eagerly awaiting update.