Equality : Pregnancy And Maternity Discrimination

According to a UK Government report, 77% of mothers surveyed had a negative or possibly discriminatory experience during pregnancy, maternity leave and/or on return from maternity leave.

11% had felt forced to leave their job. This figure included those that had been dismissed, those made compulsorily redundant and those feeling treated so poorly that they felt they had to leave their job. 

The report (Pregnancy and Maternity-Related Discrimination and Disadvantage: Summary of key findings, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, BIS/16/145), published in March 2016, is the second of two reports commissioned by the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in conjunction with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the "EHRC") in light of Government concern for the continued difficulties faced by women in the workplace.