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British managers would rather hire men than women 'of childbearing age,' survey shows
Legal firm Slater & Gordon shows nearly half of bosses are wary of the family aspirations of women in their twenties and thirties
British bosses have admitted to prefer hiring men rather than women of “childbearing age,” a survey revealed today.
According to research conducted for legal firm Slater & Gordon, almost half of all managers are wary of hiring women in their twenties and thirties for fear they will soon want to start a family.
A further third thought that mothers were not as good in the workplace once coming back from maternity leave due to “family distractions.”
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