LRD guides and handbook September 2016

Supporting pregnant workers - a union reps guide

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Chapter 1

The impact of funding cuts and tribunal fees

[ch 1: page 11]

The stark increase in negative attitudes to maternity revealed by the research from the EHRC and others coincides with the raising of new barriers to enforcement by women of their rights. These include:

• funding cuts, resulting in the closing down of independent sources of free legal advice and information;

• the abolition of almost all civil legal aid; and

• the introduction of tribunal fees.


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