British employers are ‘living in the dark ages’ and have worrying attitudes towards unlawful behaviour when it comes to recruiting women and pregnancy, new statistics from the Equality and Human Rights Commission reveal.
Showing that many businesses’ attitudes are decades behind the law, the survey senior decision makers in business found around a third of private sector employers agree that it is reasonable to ask women about their plans to have children in the future during recruitment.
The new statistics also reveal six in 10 employers agree that a woman should have to disclose their pregnancy during the recruitment process, and almost half of employers agree it is reasonable to ask women if they have young children during the recruitment process.
You can read about your pregnancy rights here or the full EHRC report.