Risk assessment for pregnant employees: what is required?

The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in the case of Stevenson v J M Skinner & Co serves as a useful reminder to employers that once they are informed that an employee is pregnant or has given birth, they are required to carry out a risk assessment (or review a previous risk assessment) in order to assess whether the mother or child is placed at risk. Failure to do so is an act of sex discrimination.

The case involved an unsuccessful claim by a pregnant employee. Mrs Steve... (226 more words)

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