Maternity Action

Maternity Action is the UK’s maternity rights charity dedicated to promoting, protecting and enhancing the rights of all pregnant women, new mothers and their families to employment, social security and health care.

We advise pregnant women and new parents through our four advice services which are staffed by our in-house employment and immigration lawyers.

• The Maternity Rights Advice Service delivers telephone and email advice to pregnant women and new parents on employment rights, maternity pay, maternity benefits and breastfeeding rights.
• The Employment Casework service, delivered in partnership with YESS Law, provides free legal casework and peer support for more complex cases or where women are in need of further support.
• The Maternity Care Access Advice Service delivers advice and casework on charging for NHS care to migrant and asylum seeking women, midwives and advisers.
• The Migrant Women’s Rights Service provides advice and training to midwives and voluntary sector workers on housing, income and healthcare for migrant, refugee and asylum seeking women.