The reason why employers are reluctant to hire women

Nearly one in three UK bosses admit that they have or would reject female applicants because they suspect that she ‘might start a family soon’.

The study, carried out by law firm Slater and Gordon, surveyed 501 UK bosses revealing that 15% anonymously admitted that they had broken sex discrimination laws.

Remziye Ozcan, an employment lawyer at Slater and Gordon, says: “A huge shift in attitudes still needs to take place before women feel they are not penalised for wanting both a career and children. Men are never asked to choose between the two.

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“This discrimination also affects women generally, those who don’t plan to have children or already have children as it is about attitudes and stereotypes applied to women generally.”