Shocking figures around workplace discrimination of mothers has found 1 in 61 of the women surveyed said their boss had insinuated they should have an abortion.
The data, from Pregnant Then Screwed and Women In Data®, surveying 24,000 women, also found 52% of all mothers have faced discrimination when pregnant, on maternity or when they returned. And 1 in 5 mothers have left work due to a negative or discriminatory experience.
Additionally, 1 in 10 women revealed they were bullied or harassed when pregnant or returning to work, and 7% of women lost their job - through redundancy, sacking, or feeling forced to leave due to a flexible working request being declined or due to health and safety issues. If scaled up, this could mean as many as 41,752 pregnant women or mothers are sacked or made redundant every year.
Joeli Brearley, CEO and founder of Pregnant Then Screwed commented, 'These stats show how far we have to go before mothers are truly accepted as equal members of the workplace. We know that women are treated differently from the point they get pregnant. They are viewed as distracted and less committed to their work, despite there being no change to their performance. This bias plays out in numerous ways, affecting women’s earnings and career potential.
It isn’t just about having children; women are being treated differently for decisions relating to their reproductive health. A third of women who told their employer about having an abortion felt that they experienced discrimination or were unfairly treated as a result. The majority of women did not tell their employer they had an abortion, presumably for fear of being judged negatively.
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