Pregnant workers and new mothers

New and updated

• Letter inviting a new or expectant mother to a meeting to discuss removing or reducing health and safety risks

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for an employee to notify that she is absent from work in the four weeks before her expected week of childbirth wholly or partly because of pregnancy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Risk assessment form for new and expectant mothers

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Risk assessment form for pregnant employees whose job involves travelling

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• How to deal with an employee who is undergoing IVF treatment

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Breastfeeding: easyJet's flexible working policy leads to £35,000 award

  Date:

  6 December 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  In this well-publicised case, easyJet's refusal to limit the shift lengths of two cabin crew who were breastfeeding led to awards for indirect sex discrimination totalling almost £35,000.

• Maternity leave

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Donaldson, regarding the provision of childcare vouchers during maternity leave.

• Podcast: How should employers manage breastfeeding employees?

  Date:

  29 May 2015

  Type:

  Audio and video

  On this week's XpertHR Weekly we discuss how employers should manage mothers returning to work when they are continuing to breastfeed their babies.

• How to deal with requests for time off for antenatal care

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on dealing with requests for time off for antenatal care, including the right for fathers and partners to attend appointments.

• How to manage an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on managing an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy, including avoiding pregnancy and maternity discrimination; statutory sick pay; calculating SMP; and when maternity leave will be triggered by pregnancy-related absence.