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Your maternity rights - essential guide
On 12/06/2010 in Pregnancy, work & childcare
Joanna Robson, founder of Babylaw Solicitors, guides you through your legal rights during pregnancy and maternity leave
Your rights at work during pregnancyFrom announcing your news to planning antenatal classes, find out about your rights at work during pregnancyMaternity leave - your rightsEverything you need to know about maternity leave entitlement, pay
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Pregnancy and work
By Laura Lee Davies on 15/05/2006 in Pregnancy, work & childcare
You have lots of legal rights to support you at work, but Tommy's the Baby Charity have their own workplace initiative.
My former HR manager said to me, 'Whatever you do as an employer, you never do anything to a pregnant woman!' As a mother herself, she didn't begrudge this employment fact: in 2006, a woman's employment rights are better than they have ever been
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Sperm donor supply questioned
By Laura Lee Davies on 09/06/2006 in IVF & fertility treatments
The HFEA deny suggestions that changes to the law have reduced the number of willing sperm donors.
their right to anonymity, had deterred donors, the HFEA say that is not the case. They admitted there was some regional differences where some health authorities were finding it more difficult to enlist sperm donors, but said that in other parts of the country
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Dads will be allowed to stay overnight on maternity wards, says PM
By Liz Jarvis on 15/03/2010 in Pregnancy for dads-to-be
Fathers are to be given the chance to spend the first night in hospital with their new baby
-written, to give pregnant women a legal right to choose where they give birth, including the option of a home birth.'Maternity services should definitely remain a priority for the NHS,' the Prime Minister added. 'There's no doubt that our maternity services have
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Maternity rights - if you have a problem
On 12/04/2010 in Pregnancy, work & childcare
Find out where you stand legally during pregnancy and maternity leave from Babylaw Solicitor, Joanna Robson
allowing the situation to continue through verbal communication, so that you can provide evidence if this becomes necessary at a later date. I have been dismissed whilst on maternity leave, do I have any right to complain?If you have been dismissed without
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More single women and lesbians become mums thanks to new IVF rules
By Kimberley Smith on 20/12/2010 in IVF & fertility treatments
Changes in the law have led to an increase in babies born to families with female-only role models
women also trebled in the three years, from 347 in 2007 to 1,070 in 2009.Legal changes include the right to register two mums or two dads on a child’s birth certificate and the need to demonstrate only “supportive parenting” rather than a male role model
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Talkback: Should stay-at-home mums be paid?
By SHIIKO on 11/03/2010 in forum
the mums with the baby and other small chores inthe house. Mums should have the legal right to breastfeed when and where they want alhough they shouldnt misuse this right by refusing to breastfeed the baby juz because they dont have to unless they have a
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Is Reese Witherspoon pregnant?
By Anna Lewis on 26/03/2012 in Celebrity
This Means War actress is seen sporting what looks like a baby bump as inside source reveals she’s expecting
Actress Reese Witherspoon and husband Jim Toth are believed to be expecting their first child together. “Reese and Jim have been trying to get pregnant,” an inside source tells Us Weekly. “Reese is right around 12 weeks but is not planning
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Mum told to stop breastfeeding in Debenhams
By Kimberley Smith on 14/10/2011 in Breast and bottle feeding
Oxford branch of Debenhams apologises for staff who told a new mum to stop breastfeeding in the store
to stop breastfeeding her.Knowing her rights, Emily reminded the manager that mums are legally allowed to breastfeeding in public. Sherefused to move until her baby had finished. When Emily threatened to make a written complaint, the manager was joined
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When should you give up work?
By Laura Lee Davies on 02/06/2010 in Pregnancy, work & childcare
When should go give up work to go on maternity leave if you are working while pregnant?
When is the best time to stop work and go on maternity leave? Frustratingly, there is no one answer to this question, either physically, medically or legally.Anytime you do take before your child is born will count towards any maternity leave
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