Maternity suspension

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations 1999, and sections 64-70 ERA 96), employees and agency workers with at least 12 weeks’ qualifying service (see Chapter 2) who are suspended by their employer on maternity grounds are entitled to be paid their normal pay unless they have unreasonably refused alternative work.

For more information on the obligation to carry out a maternity risk assessment, see LRD’s legal guide Health and Safety Law 2012 www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1627