I'm disgusted

[andrewducker]

If you are a woman, know one, or are related to one then you'll almost certainly be as sickened as I am by this article on discrimination against pregnant mothers.  But not terribly surprised by most of it.  The bit that gets to me is that an advisor to the government is saying it, and nobody is speaking out to contradict him...

Comments

[lizzie-and-ari.livejournal.com]

Also this is somewhat more left wing earth mother-ish, but if a woman is having a baby, perhaps she should be supported. If she temporarily is unable to give as much to her career, so what? She's bringing a child into the world. Many companies have CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) policies. Perhaps emplying mothers should come under this heading and companies, as part of society as whole, should accept that they are givign a little towards the life of a new person. If she can't get a job, she'll only have to claim beneftis and in fact be a much bigger cost on society through taxes.

Lxxx

[lizzie-and-ari.livejournal.com]

Apologies for typing errors x

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

That's actually one of the arguments I'd use if I was on the other side of this debate.

It's a bit of a band-aid, though. What we really need is more support for mothers as people fulfilling a valid role in themselves - tacking this onto employment law is an odd fit. F'r example, it takes no account of the ability of the employer to afford this CSR liability, nor provides any support toward that. Some companies are very small and on a very tight budget, wheras others are huge and highly profitable - seems odd to assign this responsibility almost arbitrarily.