This is why legislation is necessary, not only to have on the books but to enforce. Everybody says the right things about their intentions but when the survey is anonomous the truth comes out.
The only real way to judge is with results, intentions are worthless. When the fines begin, the solutions will result.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
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The vast majority of companies would rather flout the law than employ a pregnant woman or one of childbearing age, a study of recruitment agencies has suggested.
The research by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation asked 122 of its members whether companies had ever told them to avoid hiring pregnant women or those of child-bearing age.
Of the 98 that replied, three-quarters – 74.6 per cent – revealed clients had said this and 25.4 per cent said they had not.
However, most of those polled – 33.6 per cent – felt generally this was an attitude shared by only a small percentage of employers, although 23.8 per cent said it was "a substantial minority" and 29.5 per cent felt it was "a good proportion".
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