Maternity Action

@MaternityAction

Maternity Action provides information, advice and training on maternity rights in employment, benefits and access to healthcare, and influences policy makers.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 6

    Do you work with pregnant women who speak other languages? We now have free QR stickers to make it easy to access our translated maternity rights information sheets - just stick them on pregnancy notes and job's a good'un! Please DM for more info

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    5 hours ago

    Judges must consider children’s welfare when sentencing mothers, says . 'It’s appalling there’s so little concern that Government doesn’t even know how many children are separated from mothers' | Noah Robinson reports| Pic:

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  3. 1 hour ago

    Really interesting piece, highlighting how - despite the many additional challenges - new parents' experience of the lockdowns has not been universally bad. Ministers need to act *now* to capitalise on the positives.

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    4 hours ago

    It would be illogical, given the proven benefits of telemedicine, for and to revoke at-home abortion care. Agree with ? Email your MP and protect this vital service:

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  5. May 16

    Could you volunteer to mentor a woman facing maternity discrimination? We're looking for peer supporters to provide emotional support to people going through stressful legal action - more info here:

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  6. May 15

    Last call - deadline's tomorrow! We're looking for a Senior Legal Officer and Legal Officer to deliver and supervise advice and training on our advice line. Join our team in a flexible working environment! Please apply by 16th May

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  7. May 15

    This week's shelving of the repeatedly promised Employment Bill means that long standing pledges to better protect workers will continue to gather dust. Well said,

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  8. May 14

    On the urgent need to strengthen redundancy protection for pregnant women & new mothers, the response refers only to reforms (first promised in January 2017) that were to be in the Employment Bill. Yes, that's the Bill that Ministers left out of this week's 🤯

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  9. May 14

    The Government's response to the February 2021 report on the gendered economic impact of the Covid19 pandemic - just published - is: five weeks late 🤷‍♀️ woefully inadequate ❌ deeply disappointing 🤦‍♀️

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    May 14

    We’re proud to sign today’s open letter to and asking them to stand with those that need abortion care and not to revoke access to

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  11. May 14

    Great news that and others have started offering paid leave after miscarriage, but it's only part of the picture. Our director, , has been looking at what more can be done to support women and partners after pregnancy loss

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  12. May 14

    Ministers also need to use the extra time provided by the shelving of the Employment Bill to work up a more effective & more equitable replacement for the chronically failing Shared Parental Leave scheme. As says, fathers need their own right to parental leave.

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  13. May 14

    The delay in bringing forward the Employment Bill makes it all the more imperative that Ministers adopt, & speed into law, 's own Pregnancy & Maternity (Redundancy Protection) Bill. Women need stronger protection *now*, not in 2023. 2/3

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  14. May 14

    Many thanks for noting in yesterday's debate that - despite the shelving of the repeatedly promised Employment Bill - there is an urgent need for legislative reform to address workplace issues highlighted by the pandemic. 1/3

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    May 14

    As have stated, it is the most vulnerable women who struggle to access basic healthcare, often because of language, financial and logistical barriers. Protect at-home early medical abortion. Email your MP:

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  16. May 14

    We are proud to be a signatory of this joint letter.

    Thank you to all the organisations that have signed today's joint open letter to and urging for the regulations that allow for at-home early medical abortion to be made permanent.
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  17. May 14

    2 days to apply! We're looking for a Senior Legal Officer + Legal Officer to deliver and supervise advice and training on maternity and parental rights on our advice line. Join our team in a genuinely flexible working environment! Please apply by 16th May

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  18. May 13

    Many congratulations to 👏👏👏

    Well done to the first runner-up for : – who called for partners to be allowed at births and scans.
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    May 13

    Ex-PMs frustrated by their job prospects should be encouraged to sit down with single mothers, young women on zero-hours contracts, women of colour and disabled women seeking work and promotions; carers and cleaners.. and tell them first what they did for their job prospects.

    Cameron says there should be more guidance for ex-PMs who don't just want to "be on the board of some big bank and make the odd speech around the world".
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  20. May 13

    A staggering 63% of child deaths are in the first year of life, and those deaths showed a clear link with deprivation. It's only when we tackle deprivation that we'll reduce child deaths

    NEW report from finds a clear association between risk of child death and social deprivation, based on England-wide data. PLEASE SHARE with health and social care planners and professionals . Read in full:
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  21. May 13

    The Government's response to the report was due on 9 April, so is now 5 weeks late. And this week's shelving of the promised Employment Bill begs the Q: how will Ministers now comply with the Committee's recommendation on strengthening redundancy protection?

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