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Maternity leave ‘damages career’

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Published Date: 14 July 2008
LONGER maternity leave is in danger of sabotaging women’s careers, the head of the new equality watchdog warned today.
With women now entitled to a year off for each child, Nicola Brewer, the chief executive of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, said employers were thinking twice about offering them jobs or promotion.





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  • Last Updated: 14 July 2008 9:22 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Cynicaltalk,

14/07/2008 13:32:10
Well why not?

People have businesses to run. If a choice is made to have a family, you can't expect your employer to put their company on hold and wait for you to come back.
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Allan(handofgod137),

14/07/2008 16:59:46
#1 Agreed, why should the rest of the workforce subsidise those who have chosen to have children, but still want to carry on working.

 

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