via Touchstone by Scarlett Harris in Equality
It’s 40 years since legislation was first passed protecting women from being fired the moment they told their boss that they’re pregnant. You might have thought that by now we would have got to grips with the notion that most women will at some point in their lives have children, and will need some time away from work to deal with the messy business of giving birth, changing nappies, breastfeeding and generally getting to know this new small person who is probably infinitely more interesting than their boss.
You would think that we could accept that women might both need and want to return to work at some point, and that they hadn’t planned on exiting the labour market as soon as they entered the labour ward. Yet a new TUC report today suggests that we’ve still got a way to go in terms of supporting women to have children and to continue to work.
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