A new law aimed at boosting workplace protection for pregnant women and new parents has cleared the Commons.
The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill was supported by MPs unopposed and will now undergo further scrutiny in the House of Lords. The Bill aims to strengthen employment rights for new mothers and mothers to be by protecting them against redundancy for longer.
Labour MP Dan Jarvis, who sponsored the Bill, urged MPs to back his proposals, telling them they had a “precious opportunity within our grasp to make a real difference to over 50,000 pregnant women and new parents each year”. The Barnsley Central MP – the former mayor of South Yorkshire – told the Commons: “Many of us here know all too well the trials and tribulations of becoming a new parent.
