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Student number:Tutor name:Title of report: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PREGNANCY IN THE WORKPLACEA.List of interview questions: Write 8 – 12 questions here1.For how long have you been working in this organization?2.Where have you worked before joining this organization?3.What was it working like in the previous organization?4.Why did you leave the previous organization?5.How is the working environment in the current organization in which you are workingcurrently?6.What month of pregnancy you are in at present?7.Have you ever faced harassment or discrimination during your pregnancy at theworkplace?8.Are you aware of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?9.Do you think the government is doing enough to stop workplace discriminationagainst women during pregnancy and other related medical condition?10.What are your views regarding discrimination against working women at theirworkplaces during conditions like pregnancy or child birth and other related medicalconditions?B.Background: - 1.“Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace involves treating a female applicant oremployee unfavourably because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical1

condition. Under thePregnancy Discrimination Act, employers may not discriminateagainst employees (taking adverse actions such as termination or demotion) on thebasis of theirpregnancy or gender. This applies to employers with 15 or moreemployees, including state and local governments, employment agencies, labourorganizations and the federal government”.Harvard reference: Employment.findlaw.com (2018).Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace - FindLaw.[online]Findlaw.Availableat:http://employment.findlaw.com/employment-discrimination/pregnancy-discrimination-in-the-workplace.html [Accessed 14 Mar. 2018].2.“There has been an alarming increase in the number of pregnant women and newmothers who are being made redundant. It appears that some employers are using therecession as an excuse to break the law on discrimination. With the economicdownturn has come a rise in the number of calls to our organisations from womenfacing maternity or pregnancy discrimination. We have examples of pregnant womenbeing singled out for redundancy and of women returning from maternity leave tofind their jobs have gone”.Harvard reference: Maternityaction.org.uk (2018). [online] Maternityaction.org.uk. Available at:https://www.maternityaction.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/allianceagainstpregnancydiscrimination.pdf [Accessed 14 Mar. 2018].3.“According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission women aged 25-34 aremuch more likely to be inactive due to looking after the family or home (70 per centof women gave this reason compared to 10 per cent of men in the same age group).2

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