L-J Fussell

Trying to keep up to date. Mama to two little ones...

[ExcludedUK Official @ExcludedUK]

@Pregnantscrewed has started legal proceedings against the Chancellor for #discrimination against women with regards to the #SEISS grant which left over 75,000 women #ExcludedUK.

Read more: https://t.co/BwUqfZjUSt

[L-J Fussell @ruthio7]

@RishiSunak Or far less if you were on maternity leave - brining the next generation into the world - twice in the three years being used to work out the payments. Very angry at this discrimination.

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

Alanis Morrissette just exploded

[Sarah Rees @sarahrees500]

If you want to know why @PregnantScrewed are taking UK Gov to court for discrimination check out this thread.
SEISS payments are lower simply for daring to run a business and have a baby... it’s not the same as taking a holiday!!!

[L-J Fussell @ruthio7]

@shereendoc @PregnantScrewed 😂 (sorry can’t help but laugh at the farce of mat leave & SEISS!)I was on mat leave in that year but also on mat leave 16/17 and profits didn’t recoup too much in 17/18 as childcare prohibited it so using those year’s tax returns really won’t help 🙄

[Legally Feminist Podcast @FeministLegally]

Pregnant then Screwed have launched a legal claim for Judicial Review against the Treasury for indirectly discriminating against women due to their continued refusal to exempt periods of maternity leave from the Self-Employment Support Scheme (SEISS).

[Priya Joshi @PriyaJo03604105]

Maternity leave shouldn't count towards 'average earnings' for self-employed families. Please add your name now: https://t.co/Yuto9Gfs5U

[Alex Lloyd @alexlloydjourno]

Today @PregnantScrewed officially launch legal action against the Treasury for sex discrimination because self-employed mums like me receive less govt £ support if we took maternity leave between April 2016-March 2019. We are hard-working taxpayers being penalised for our gender

[Alex Lloyd @alexlloydjourno]

If we don't fight back, this sets a frightening precedent. The Chancellor said SEISS averaging calculations were designed to level out trading profits so you didn't lose out due to a "bad year" like "maternity leave". Thanks to Joeli & the @PregnantScrewed team for taking this on

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Good luck to the mighty @Joeli_Brearley + @PregnantScrewed who have started legal proceedings against the gov for indirect sexism over the SEISS calculations, excluding women who took mat leave. It's 2020 and STILL we punish working mothers, one way or another.

[Lauren Davidson @laurendavidson]

Campaigners @PregnantScrewed said the Government’s legal standpoint that maternity leave is the same as any other leave set a “very dangerous precedent” – as 85k women receive less support than men on same income https://t.co/a2wuTXXN4P

[Maternity Action @MaternityAction]

Ministers & officials @hmtreasury should have thought through the implications for new mothers when they were designing the #SEISS

Well done @PregnantScrewed for pursuing this. 👊

#MaternityPetition #ukemplaw #HR

https://t.co/K4A7vw39Lm

[Olga FitzRoy @OlgaFitzRoy]

It’s happening! Watch out Rishi!
https://t.co/575vFmyCOY

[Olga FitzRoy @OlgaFitzRoy]

Rishi thinks having a baby is the same as going on holiday! 😂😂 🙄🙄. Sign the petition if you believe self employed mums shouldn’t get their support cut just for taking mat leave. https://t.co/e13EIdszUv

[Olga FitzRoy @OlgaFitzRoy]

https://t.co/V7UNyzhW0x

[Katy Morison @katyzeppelin]

Furious that @HMRCgovuk have resorted to gaslighting those of us whose maternity leave meant we received lower level of support - just telling us it hasn’t affected it when it CATEGORICALLY has is disrespectful. I’ll be supporting @PregnantScrewed in their continuing battle. Raa!

[Mandy Garner @WorkMumOnTheRun]

Pregnant Then Screwed is taking legal action against the Chancellor claiming discrimination in the way the #selfemployment income protection scheme does not exempt periods of #maternityleave from eligibility criteria - https://t.co/HMDYiBRxly @PregnantScrewed

[L-J Fussell @ruthio7]

@PregnantScrewed And I am so so so grateful you are! Thank you!

[L-J Fussell @ruthio7]

@RishiSunak surely this can’t be right from @HMRCgovuk I was on mat leave twice in the 3yrs being used to calculate SEISS how can you “confirm that these do not affect the amount of your grant”?! I’m getting approx 60% less than I would have if no mat leave!@PregnantScrewed

[L-J Fussell @ruthio7]

Coronavirus: More care urged for pregnant BAME patients https://t.co/w0JWA8ACS3