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Would You Hire a Pregnant Woman?

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Dory Devlin at Shine discusses a British survey of managers that showed that only five percent of them would knowingly hire a woman who was already pregnant.

Most of us can probably remember a boss or two who would have liked to ask if we planned to have children and when during an interview but held his (or her) tongue and took a gamble. I entered the work force at a time when managers knew they couldn't ask those questions, but there were plenty before them who did, and others who didn't but made a decision to avoid hiring a soon-to-be pregnant woman at all cost -- forget hiring a pregnant woman for an open position.

Do you think the managers are justified in trying to avoid hiring pregnant women? Why or why not?

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that's awesome and good article i like it, thanks
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Kate, the founder of non-profit Plan To Get Pregnant

Flag as inappropriate Posted by kimberly333 on 9th August 2012
that's awesome and good article i like it, thanks
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Kate, the founder of non-profit Plan To Get Pregnant

Flag as inappropriate Posted by kimberly333 on 9th August 2012
Certain jobs and certain positions are easier to consider for hiring pregnant women than others. It's hard to justify hiring a pregnant women for a high powered position that is expected to produce fast, high profile results in a year, when for 3-4 months of that year will be maternity leave. It is not only hard on the company, but I also think it is unfair for the women to do in 1/2 to 3/4 o f the time what others have 12 months to do.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Michele on 2nd May 2008
I once interviewed a nanny who was pregnant. She didn't work out for a number of scheduling reasons - she needed to leave by 5 and I wasn't home until 6, etc -- but we really liked her and would have probably hired her if the schedule worked better.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 2nd May 2008
I am a retail manager and I couldn't tell you how many pregnant women I have hired. Yes it's inconvienient to have someone go on leave so soon but they wouldn't be looking for a job if they didn't need to work. In my line of work, planning and anticipating change is critical and as long as I do that well I can adapt to an employee going out on leave. Nothing breeds loyalty more than a good employee knowing they have somewhere to come back to when they're ready.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by mommydee on 2nd May 2008

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