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'Profound impact' | Pregnancy loss is driving women out of work - here's how HR can respond

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Around one in ten working women who experience pregnancy loss or baby loss leave their job because of inadequate support from their employer, new research has found.

A survey for Tommy’s, the pregnancy and baby charity, found striking inconsistencies in the way organisations treat staff following a miscarriage or stillbirth or the death of a newborn baby.

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