There is still a scarcity of retraining programmes, for instance, to improve professional qualifications, enter the technical field - heaven knows, still a typically male-dominated area! - or return to work after pregnancy.

If the claimant succeeds in a complaint of unfair dismissal (or a complaint relating to your failure to allow her to return to work after pregnancy/maternity leave), the tribunal may consider ordering reinstatement or re-engagement.

California had adopted a law under which women returning to work after pregnancy leave were afforded job security unavailable to other temporarily disabled workers, i.e., a superior right to reinstatement in the woman's former post or a similar job.