Businesses avoid employing women of 'childbearing' age

As the Sex Discrimination Act, which makes it illegal to sack a woman or refuse to offer her a job because she is pregnant, reaches its 30th anniversary new research claims that one in four companies would rather break the law than employ a pregnant woman or one of childbearing age.

More than 70 per cent of recruitment agencies admitted that they had been asked by clients to avoid hiring pregnant women or those of childbearing age, according to a survey of 122 agencies conducted by the Recr... (282 more words)

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