The Government has now published its response to the blacklisting consultation.
The EC framework agreement on parental leave states that workers retain their rights from the date the leave starts until it ends.
Although claims of race and sex discrimination have to be brought separately, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has said in Ministry of Defence v Debique that tribunals can consider their combined effects, because discrimination is a “multi-faceted experience” that cannot always be compartmentalised.