Antenatal Care

Under The Employment Rights Act 1996, a pregnant employee has the right to time off for antenatal care.

An employer, who has been informed that an employee is pregnant must not unreasonably refuse to allow her time off to attend an antenatal appointment. The employee is entitled to receive her usual hourly rate of pay for the time off to attend antenatal appointments.

As an employee, you should be aware that if you feel that you have been unreasonably denied time off to attend antenatal appointments or payments for the time taken off, you are not obliged to take the matter through the company's internal grievance procedure before commencing a claim in the Employment Tribunal.

There are strict time limits for commencing claims in the Employment Tribunal and Courts.

If you believe you have a claim against your employer please complete our Free Online Assessment Form, now. We will then respond to you usually within 48 working hours, including a free, initial assessment of your claim.

Alternatively you can download the free initial assessment form and send it to net employment solicitors at the address on our contact page.