Employment Tribunals Service: Pregnancy

(asked on 19th May 2022) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the equity of the three months’ time limit in accessing justice where a claimant is pregnant and filing a case in an employment tribunal.


Answered by
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Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 26th May 2022

Individuals who experience pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace can access justice through an employment tribunal, under the Equality Act 2010. While the time limit for bringing a claim is three months, tribunals have the discretion to provide extensions where they consider it ‘just and equitable’ to do so.

The Government continues to look closely at extending the time limit for bringing Equality Act 2010 based cases to an employment tribunal. This decision, however, must take account of wider impacts across the justice system. We recognise that the pandemic has put additional pressure on the entire courts and tribunals service, particularly the employment tribunal, and that restoring its existing levels of service needs to be the priority before additional loading is added.

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