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Mon 03 Mar 2010Pregnant women are 'soft targets' for firms
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST pregnant women and new mothers is on the rise in the workplace due to the recession, the Equality and Rights Alliance has said.
Calls to Free Legal Advice Centres, one of its 130 affiliates, in relation to maternity issues increased from just 1.3 per cent of employment queries in April 2009 to 14.3 per cent last January.
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