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This topic examines the legislation governing employees' rights to take maternity leave and return to work. This includes the right to time off for antenatal care, the notification requirements for taking maternity leave and returning to work and when maternity leave can be taken. It also considers the employment rights and obligations and the protection that exists for a woman who is pregnant, on maternity leave or who has returned to work following maternity leave.

This topic examines the four forms of unlawful sex discrimination, and how these could occur both during recruitment and during employment. It also looks at pregnancy, marriage, civil partnership status and gender reassignment discrimination, and compensation awarded for successful tribunal claims.

Parental responsibility is the legal term that demonstrates who can make the important decisions in a child’s life. Mothers automatically get parental responsibility, but unmarried fathers, step-parents and same-sex parents need to be listed on the birth certificate or apply for a Parental Responsibility Agreement or court order.