More than seven in 10 pregnant women treated unfairly at work are suffering in silence.  More...
30 June 2005 09:00

Three student midwives who were denied their bursary income during their maternity leave have won their case against the NHS at an Employment Appeal Tribunal.   More...
03 June 2005 11:00

Second six months of parenting leave should be shared, EOC tells DTI   More...
25 May 2005 15:25

Woman was not promoted alongside other graduate trainees because she had been on maternity leave and received a lower pay rise than colleagues and continues to be paid less   More...
12 May 2005 15:00

XpertHR answers questions on employees' right to parental leave, and employers' obligations  More...
10 May 2005 00:00

Michelle Alabaster's lengthy, high-profile case against the Woolwich - now part of Barclays - ended in success last week. Supported by the Equal Opportunities Commission, her claim that the building society owed her an additional £204.53 in maternity  More...
10 May 2005 00:00

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a mother who claimed she was owed a pay rise while on maternity leave.  More...
03 May 2005 11:42

New regulations, which came into force on Wednesday, have changed the rules for calculating statutory maternity pay in favour of mothers and could cause problems for employers, according to legal experts.  More...
08 April 2005 10:10

Education secretary Ruth Kelly is backing a national campaign by retail union Usdaw to boost the rights of working mothers.  More...
31 March 2005 10:45

The Conservatives have promised extra money for childcare and maternity leave  More...
29 March 2005 00:37

More dads intend to stay at home after the birth of their first child despite the financial difficulties it creates.  More...
23 March 2005 07:40

Women are being forced to return to work before their six months' maternity period has finished, research shows.  More...
11 March 2005 09:10

Businesses paying maternity benefit will face higher costs and more red tape after a new ruling by the European Court of Justice.  More...
07 March 2005 12:35

Women's groups say the proposed flat-rate maternity benefit will be too little for most women to be able to take a year off after the birth of a child  More...
01 March 2005 10:30

Government must provide an administrative system to co-ordinate the new arrangements, said the CBI   More...
01 March 2005 09:10

Union leaders have welcomed government proposals to boost maternity pay and time off for new mothers.  More...
01 March 2005 09:00

Government adds transferable maternity rights and extended flexible working rights to proposals for improved maternity arrangements  More...
28 February 2005 12:15

Some business groups have expressed concern that maternity pay is to rise and will last nine months by 2007, with futher improvements for workers promised in the next parliament  More...
28 February 2005 10:30

Confusion about maternity laws is likely to increase with more legislation on the horizon. Alison Clarke maps out how to find your way through the red tape   More...
07 February 2005 10:00

Other employers can take a lesson from how retailers accomodate expectant mothers in their employ, says British Retail Consortium  More...
03 February 2005 12:30