On 22 October 2026, the UK government published its response to the consultation on enhanced dismissal protection for pregnant women and new mothers (those who had given birth in the last 18 months). The consultation ran from 23 October 2025 to 15 January 2026. Its purpose was to determine how stronger protection should work in practice: the legal test for fairness, when protection starts and ends, and how it should apply across other forms of …
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