The government has taken steps to help protect pregnant employees and parents returning to work from redundancy by introducing the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023. They have also brought a Bill into law called the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, which provides parents whose babies are receiving neonatal care paid time off work. Both of these Bills will be implemented in due course once the government has drafted legislation that outlines how these would work in practice.
