Posts tagged "workplace discrimination against new mothers"

The latest Australian National Review follows a 2023 study that found that 30 years after it was outlawed in Australia, workplace discrimination is still rife for pregnant women and parents.

Breastfeeding is different from other care work: it can’t be redistributed, and shouldn’t be reduced, and it needs to be counted as such.

Pregnant employees and new mothers returning to the workforce are experiencing alarming rates of discrimination, sexism and exclusion, a new study reveals.