Protecting pregnant workers and new mothers: employers

7. More advice on pregnant workers and new mothers

As well as health and safety law, pregnant workers and new mothers have other rights when they are at work.

It is unlawful to dismiss, discriminate against or harass a worker because they are pregnant or a new mother.

Pregnant workers may be entitled to paid maternity leave and paid time off for ante-natal appointments.

Other organisations offering advice on these rights

View a printable version of the whole guide[15]

Link URLs in this page

  1. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/index.htm
  2. Risk assessment for pregnant workers and new mothershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/risk-assessment.htm
  3. Common riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/common-risks.htm
  4. Rest and breastfeeding at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/rest-breastfeeding-at-work.htm
  5. Night workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/welfare-rights.htm
  6. Workplace safety lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/workplace-safety-law.htm
  7. pregnant employees’ rightshttps://www.gov.uk/working-when-pregnant-your-rights
  8. maternity pay and leavehttps://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave
  9. maternity, paternity and adoption leave and payhttps://www.acas.org.uk/maternity-paternity-and-adoption-leave-and-pay
  10. accommodating breastfeeding employees in the workplacehttps://www.acas.org.uk/accommodating-breastfeeding-employees-in-the-workplace
  11. statutory code of practice on the Equality Act 2010https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/employercode.pdf
  12. guidance on managing pregnancy and maternity in the workplacehttps://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
  13. work and pregnancyhttps://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/your-health-at-work/
  14. Previous page Workplace safety law https://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/workplace-safety-law.htm
  15. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/employer/print.htm
  16. Pregnant workers and new mothers: your health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/MOTHERS/worker/index.htm
  17. Managing risks and risk assessment at work https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/index.htm
  18. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)https://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm
  19. Working safely with leadhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/lead/index.htm
  20. Infections at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/infection.htm
  21. Radiationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/index.htm
  22. Work-related stresshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/index.htm

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