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Is Scotland Fairer? 2018 report launched

Published: 25 Oct 2018

Some of Scotland’s poorest and most disadvantaged communities risk falling even further behind, a new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission warns today.

Forcing working mothers from jobs costs business £280 million each year

Published: 27 Oct 2016

British businesses are losing nearly £280 million each year as a result of women being forced out of their jobs by pregnancy and maternity discrimination, according to new research published by the Commission.

Equality Commission welcomes improvement in social attitudes in Scotland

Published: 30 Sep 2016

Britain’s leading employers unite to end pregnancy discrimination in workplaces

Published: 14 Sep 2016

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has joined with some of Britain's leading employers to launch the Working Forward initiative, to end pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace.

Commission agrees that MPs should be allowed to breastfeed in the House of Commons

Published: 21 Jul 2016

#PowertotheBump unites young mothers in fight against pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work

Published: 17 May 2016

Research shows young mothers are significantly more likely to experience pregnancy and maternity discrimination, with six times as many under 25 year olds than average reporting being dismissed from their jobs after they tell their employer they are pregnant.

Commission launches ambitious programme to promote equality and human rights in Britain

Published: 10 May 2016

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today launched its Strategic Plan for 2016–19, setting out an ambitious programme to challenge discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and protect and promote human rights in Britain.

#Worksforme

Published: 22 Mar 2016

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is today calling for urgent action to be taken as new research suggests more than three quarters of pregnant women and new mothers - the equivalent of 390,000 women across Britain and 17,000 in Wales - experience negative and potentially discriminatory treatment at work each year.

Three out of four Scottish working mothers say they’ve experienced pregnancy and maternity discrimination

Published: 22 Mar 2016

New research published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission today suggests that around three quarters of pregnant women and new mothers in Scotland, the equivalent of over 30, 000 women, experience negative or potentially discriminatory treatment at work each year.

EHRC Scotland welcomes action on pregnancy and maternity discrimination

Published: 25 Feb 2016

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) welcomes today’s announcement by the Scottish Government of a number of commitments which will help to tackle the problem of discrimination faced by pregnant women and new mothers every year. These commitments follow on from a GB-wide report publish...