"New mothers facing 'maternity discrimination' on their return to the workplace", 10 Aug 2014.

One in 10 women in low-paid work is demoted when she returns from maternity leave, according to research that reveals the scale of discrimination against new mothers and the difficulty of challenging it...The research by the Fawcett Society exposes the extent of prejudice faced by women in already poorly-paid jobs...Among those returning to a lesser job, a third did so because their role had been given to someone else...Half said they came back to a more junior job...Almost a quarter of the more than 1,000 women surveyed felt their opportunities for promotion were worse after returning from maternity leave...Rosalind Bragg, director of Maternity Action, said..."Low income women face particular difficulties in exercising maternity rights in the workplace.  Cuts to Government funding for advice services and legal aid leave women with few sources of practical support"...