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ACAS, together with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has published a very helpful guide for employers wanting to know how to tread through the minefield of making a pregnant employee redundant. Called, unsurprisingly enough, Managing Redundancy for pregnant employees or those on maternity leave it’s a very readable and concise guide and explodes a few myths on the subject, such as that you can’t make a pregnant employee redundant. On the contrary it is possible, provided it is done for a genuine redundancy reason, which doesn’t mean “we don’t have part-timers here” and reorganising accordingly to exclude her. The Guide is no substitute for taking legal advice if you’re an employer or employee, but is a useful introduction to the subject.