See below for some common examples of pregnancy discrimination at work:
- Refusing to promote an employee because they are pregnant;
- Not offering you the same training or promotion opportunities;
- Treating you unfavourably because you have a pregnancy-related sickness;
- Dismissing an employee due to pregnancy;
- Refusing to provide workplace adjustments and accommodation;
- Bullying or harassing an employee for being pregnant;
- Forcing an employee to take unwanted leave, or making changes to their role due to pregnancy;
- Mistreating an employee for raising a complaint about pregnancy discrimination;
- Making a person’s role redundant while they are on maternity leave without there being a genuine redundancy situation;
- Changing a person’s role, and expecting them to re-apply for it when they return from maternity leave (this may also include an employer suggesting to the person that they don’t apply);
- Cutting someone’s hourly rate or yearly salary while they are on maternity leave;
- Refusing employment benefits, such as childcare vouchers or profit share bonus to somebody on maternity leave;
- Bullying/harassment.