Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

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• Date:

  5 June 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case of the week: Returning to the 'same job' after maternity leave

  This week's case of the week, provided by Allen & Overy, covers the right to return to the same job after maternity leave.

• Date:

  17 May 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  Blundell v The Governing Body of St Andrew's Catholic Primary School and another

  In Blundell v The Governing Body of St Andrew's Catholic Primary School and another EAT/0329/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered the right to return to the same job after maternity leave.

• Date:

  1 April 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  EC Directive not properly implemented

  The High Court has found that the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, as amended, does not give full effect to the revised EC Equal Treatment Directive, in Equal Opportunities Commission v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (12 March 2007).

• Date:

  6 February 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case of the week: Burden of proof in discrimination cases

  This week's case of the week, provided by Osborne Clarke, covers the burden of proof in discrimination cases.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer reject an applicant for a maternity leave cover role on the basis that the applicant is also pregnant and will not be able to work for the full cover period?

• Date:

  1 January 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case digest: pregnancy discrimination

  Tina McKevitt, lecturer in employment law at University of Sheffield, provides a round-up of employment tribunal decisions on discrimination.

• Date:

  11 July 2006

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case round-up: Pregnancy discrimination

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering pregnancy discrimination.

• Date:

  7 July 2006

  Type:

  Law reports

  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.

• Date:

  6 June 2006

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case round-up: Constructive dismissal compensation and injury to feelings award

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: constructive dismissal compensation; and injury to feelings awards.

• Date:

  16 May 2006

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case round-up: Risk assessments for pregnant workers

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering risk assessments for pregnant workers.