Following on from last week’s TUC report which found that ‘Women who become mothers before 33 earn 15% less’, the UK Government this week released the results of a survey on pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage in the workplace based on survey interviews with 3,254 mothers and 3,034 employers. Shockingly 77% said they had a negative or possibly discriminatory experience during pregnancy, maternity leave, and/or on return from maternity leave. While 84% employers reported that it was in their interests to support pregnant women and those on maternity leave, a quarter of employers felt it was reasonable during recruitment to ask women about their plans to have children.
Also published this week Equality and Human Rights Commission review progress on women on FTSE boards Between 2010-2015 FTSE 350 boards with women rose from 9.5 – 21.5% however men still held 78% of FTSE director roles in 2015.
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