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Bosses 'weigh up pregnancy risk'
Apr 21 2008, Kevin

More than half of UK bosses assess the chances of a member of staff falling pregnant before employing them, a survey suggests.

And 76% of managers admitted that they would not hire a new recruit if they knew they were going to fall pregnant within six...

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