Tag: Maternity Leave

Failure to conduct risk assessment for breastfeeding employee may amount to sex discrimination
Discrimination Claim

Failure to conduct risk assessment for breastfeeding employee may amount to sex discrimination

08 November 2017

In the case of Otero Ramos v Servicio Galego de Saude, the Claimant was a nurse who worked in a hospital’s accident and emergency unit. She claimed sex discrimination because her employer’s risk assessment for her, as a breastfeeding worker, stated that her work was ‘risk-free’, so her request for an adjustment in her working […]

Maternity Leave – The right to return to the same job
Employment Law

Maternity Leave – The right to return to the same job

26 August 2017

Organisations change continuously, however many are faced with a dilemma when they have an employee returning from maternity leave. How should they approach her? Can they offer her new terms? Is there going to be a sex discrimination claim against them? It is important for businesses to understand key facts when dealing with an employee […]

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