Women and Equalities written question – answered at on 30 March 2022.
Hannah Bardell
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs Team Member), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development Team Member)
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women in the workplace.
Chloe Smith
Assistant Whip, The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
To support women in the workplace, we will: extend redundancy protections for women after they return from maternity leave; introduce neonatal leave and pay; and introduce one week of unpaid carer’s leave. We have also recently consulted on measures to increase the availability of flexible working – and look forward to publishing our response to that in due course.
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