How can strategic legal action help charities to achieve change?

Maternity Action's director Ros Bragg on how legal action can be a vital strategy to achieve changes in law in a difficult policy context: bit.ly/3wznG7i

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We’ve been tracking how the #costofliving is affecting women on #maternityleave & their families.

If you’ve been on maternity leave at any point between Jan 2023 & the present day, please tell us about your experiences surveymonkey.com/r/MA_CoL2024

The Guardian's latest article reveals disparities in maternal health for Black women in England, who face up to 6x higher risks of severe birth complications.
So here's The Motherhood Group takeaways:
- Address root causes of health inequalities
- Confront bias in healthcare
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With a general election coming up, we must work together to make sure the mental health needs of new and expectant mothers and their families are on the political agenda: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/campaign/gener… #MakeAllCareCount #MMHAmanifesto

👋Say hello to the new Flexible Working Act! Now in effect, the new legislation will make flex working more accessible by enabling employees to request flex from day 1, make up to 2 requests a year, and not have to explain how the arrangement will work. loom.ly/jGCGr20

#StatutoryMaternityPay & #MaternityAllowance will increase to £184.03 per week from 8th April.

If you're already receiving #SMP or #MA you will get the higher rate from 8th April 2024.

For more info, take a look at our updated info sheet maternityaction.org.uk/advice/materni….

#StatutoryMaternityPay & #MaternityAllowance will increase to £184.03 per week from 8th April.

If you're already receiving #SMP or #MA you will get the higher rate from 8th April 2024.

For more info, take a look at our updated info sheet maternityaction.org.uk/advice/materni….

We endorse Work & Pensions Committee's call about sick pay eligibility but...benchmarking to statutory maternity pay will still be inadequate as SMP is less than half the value of the national minimum wage for a 35-hour week! maternityaction.org.uk/a-perfect-stor…

📋Take our new survey.

We’ve been tracking how the #costofliving is affecting women on #maternityleave & their families.

If you’ve been on maternity leave at any point between January 2023 & the present day, please tell us about your experiences surveymonkey.com/r/MA_CoL2024

Are you #pregnant or a #NewParent ? Wondering what your rights at work are or what benefits you can claim?

If u live in #Cheshire or #Merseyside contact Maternity Action for FREE legal advice.

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📱Call 0808 802 0062.

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New Employment Tribunal fees could deter even more women from seeking justice for pregnancy #discrimination #employmentlaw Trades Union Congress UNISON - UK's largest union Women's Budget Group Fawcett Society maternityaction.org.uk/2024/03/employ…

Asylum support rates are very low, leaving many pregnant women & new mothers in deep poverty.

In our blog Maternity Action's director Ros Bragg writes about their work to protect & strengthen the rights of low-income pregnant women.

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Could your employer benefit from free info on #MaternityRights ?

Maternity Action's employer toolkit provides a range of easy to access information about managing pregnancy, maternity & parental leave in the workplace.

You can access the toolkit here: maternityactionemployers.org.uk

Today, we were very pleased to welcome Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary Anneliese Dodds, the Liberal Democrats' Sarah Olney, and representatives from NatWest Business, @WomenBudgetGrp, and Maternity Action to our women in enterprise roundtable at our Westminster office 👩🏻‍🔧👷🏾‍♀️

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Maternity pay and leave policies penalise so many women for pregnancy, including those who run small businesses, so pleased Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) invited us to share our thoughts on making the system fairer at their roundtable today with among others, Anneliese Dodds and Sarah Olney

Get informed on the rights of migrant women! This morning at 10am, we'll be joined by Maternity Action who will take us through ways to support women and families in accessing their full rights.

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Do you live or work across #Cheshire & #Merseyside and want to know more about your #MaternityRights ? Join our Instagram Live Q&A with Maternity Action
& Improving Me

📅22 March 2024, 1pm DM your questions for the live. Follow us on Instagram instagram.com/maternityaction

If u live or work in #GreaterManchester or #CheshireEast & are pregnant or a new parent you can contact Maternity Action for FREE legal advice on work & benefits.

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📱Call 0808 801 0488

Have you been on maternity leave since January 2023?

Please take part in Maternity Action's short survey to help them lobby the Government for better maternity pay and rights ⬇️

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Really pleased to see the ⁦Sentencing Council⁩ revise guidance to reduce custodial sentences for pregnant women. ⁦Maternity Action⁩ was amongst the voices calling for change. theguardian.com/law/2024/mar/1…