LRD guides and handbook May 2015

Law at Work 2015

Chapter 6

Surrogacy

[ch 6: page 151]

The rights of qualifying surrogate parents in the UK have been improved as a result of the Children and Families Act 2014. New rights to time off, leave and pay affect babies born on or after 5 April 2015. For more information see Chapter 8.

Only a biological mother can claim pregnancy discrimination (CD v ST [2014] IRLR 551 CJEU).