Maternity leave | New mother 'excluded' from office Xmas party

Discrimination surrounding maternity leave often crops up among news headlines. Whether it is ousting an employee while on parental leave or firing a staff member for taking time off during their pregnancy, HR has often come under fire for its practices around maternity leave.

Recently, one employee on Mumsnet questioned whether she had been discriminated against after she found out she wasn’t invited to her work Christmas party while she was on maternity leave.