As you may know I have been writing and posting pieces on Facebook about the impact of Brexit on our rights. This morning I woke to the news that my Facebook account has been disabled - and therefore am silenced. I'm going through the procedure to have it restored. It seems that the complaint is that I'm not a real person!!!

I had prepared the following post - and if you feel able - can you post you - and by all means make it clear that it is from me - and that someone has sought (albeit temporarily) to silence the legitimate expression of political argument

All the very best

David

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Many of the funders of Brexit have a long record of complaining about the burdens forced on us by the EU. 

Most of us welcome the fact that EU law guarantees women a minimum of 14 weeks maternity leave. 

The 1992 EU Pregnant Workers Directive also gave women the right to take time off work for medical appointments relating to their pregnancy. It placed a duty on employers to look after pregnant women, including putting them on paid leave if the nature of their work was unsuitable during pregnancy – for example, if it was overly physical and potentially dangerous.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made clear any discrimination towards a woman because of her pregnancy or maternity leave is sexism and should be treated at such. The ECJ also ruled that employers must give women on maternity leave the same contractual rights as they do to other employees, for example by continuing to pay in to pension schemes. 

Well that “burden” could be lifted when the UK leaves the EU.!

If you are serious about protecting rights - what are you doing to stop these rights being lost?