Pregnant? Don't expect your job back マタハラ

マタハラ 【マタハラ】

「マタハラ」とはマタニティー・ハラスメントの略で、働く女性が妊娠・出産をきっかけに職場で精神的・肉体的な嫌がらせを受けたり、妊娠・出産を理由とした解雇や雇い止めで不利益を被ったりするなどの不当な扱いを意味する言葉です。

　日本でもマタハラは問題になっていますが、

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Pregnant? Don't expect your job back

PAUL GALLAGHER Author Biography Sunday 08 December 2013

The number of women forced out of their jobs because they are either pregnant or on maternity leave has more than doubled in the past decade, according to a major report.

Research published today estimates that about 60,000 women suffer such discrimination annually, while the introduction earlier this year of ￡1,200 up front tribunal fees has exacerbated the problem by deterring tens of thousands from taking legal action against their employer.

One in three of those who unfairly lose their jobs and win a tribunal are paid no compensation at all, and only four in 10 tribunal awards are paid in full. Since 2008, as many as 250,000 women have been forced out of their job simply for being pregnant or taking maternity leave, according to the report by the charity Maternity Action.

"All the evidence suggests that an ever growing number of employers are getting away with unlawful behaviour,"





In one extreme case, an employer put pressure on a woman in the early stages of pregnancy to have an abortion or else face the sack.




A recent survey by the law firm Slater & Gordon estimated that 50,000 women are losing their jobs while on maternity leave each year, and only 4 per cent of those surveyed had sought legal advice. Maternity Action believes its figure of 60,000 – based on the 2005 finding that only 3 per cent of women subjected to this discrimination bring a tribunal claim and there are now 1,800 tribunals a year – could be an underestimate.

　イギリスのマタハラの実情について、ひどい場合には、堕胎するか、仕事を辞めるか、しろ、と。

　不当な処遇は多いわりに、労働審判に持ち込む件数も少なければ、持ち込んで納得のいく審判をされることも少ないと。

Pregnant? Don't expect your job back - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent

　イタリアの欧州議員が、育児権について投票する場面だそうですけど、こうした姿は、日本の女性も刺戟になりませんかね。