Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 22
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Not Addressed
We urge the Government to introduce legislation in this Parliamentary session to extend redundancy protection...
Recommendation
We urge the Government to introduce legislation in this Parliamentary session to extend redundancy protection to pregnant women and new mothers. The Government must also publish a cross-departmental strategy, following consultation with stakeholders, for dealing with pregnancy and maternity discrimination. We recommend this strategy be published within the next six months. (Paragraph 93) Childcare
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response details the collection and publication of redundancy data by the Insolvency Service and ONS, but it does not address the recommendation to introduce legislation for extending redundancy protection for pregnant women and new mothers, or to publish a cross-departmental strategy on maternity discrimination.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 14 May 2021. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗