Rejected petition Make it mandatory for companies to publish their maternity leave policy publicly

Make it mandatory for all companies to post their maternity leave publicly.

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It is on the applicant to ask about maternity policies which can bias the interviewer against them. Making it a legal requirement would mean woman could make informed choices about employers without being negatively impacted.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/724858

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Date submitted 6 June 2025
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