Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
#361
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Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
I think what can be possibly managed in early pregnancy,is not so easy to do later on ...well I know that actually !
The reason this interests me ,is so many women have to continue working during the whole 9 months ,surely employers have to make provision for these ladies ???
#362
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
Well said that man, it's pregnancy not a illness!
#363
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
So companies shouldn't employ disabled people? Because it's not their fault the person doesn't have a leg?
#367
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
No I'm making it up as I go along and my 3 kids were dropped under the gooseberry bush by the stork!
#369
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
I was transferring unconscious patients and assisting in Surgery until one week before Ds was born, (he came three weeks early) with the second I could hardly keep my eyes open more than an hour at a time. Between that and worshiping the porcelain throne a lot I was pretty useless for about 8months straight.
Not everyone is healthy while pregnant, you never know the cards you'll be dealt.
Sitting on a chair is the least that can be done and you know people do the least for their employees it seems.
#370
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
Well thats the easy way to have them why didn't I think to do that.
I was transferring unconscious patients and assisting in Surgery until one week before Ds was born, (he came three weeks early) with the second I could hardly keep my eyes open more than an hour at a time. Between that and worshiping the porcelain throne a lot I was pretty useless for about 8months straight.
Not everyone is healthy while pregnant, you never know the cards you'll be dealt.
Sitting on a chair is the least that can be done and you know people do the least for their employees it seems.
I was transferring unconscious patients and assisting in Surgery until one week before Ds was born, (he came three weeks early) with the second I could hardly keep my eyes open more than an hour at a time. Between that and worshiping the porcelain throne a lot I was pretty useless for about 8months straight.
Not everyone is healthy while pregnant, you never know the cards you'll be dealt.
Sitting on a chair is the least that can be done and you know people do the least for their employees it seems.
#372
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
Not all women do...I didn't have any problems...no sickness...no backache...I didn't even have any stretch marks.
#373
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Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
After all ...I did it
I don't think it is kind, nor beneficial( to the sisterhood )to brag about what works for one individual in the workplace.
Needs will always be different ,employers need to be aware and listen .
#374
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Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
In the US, at least, the law says a company must make reasonable accommodation - but that'd depend on the job, and the definition of "reasonable". That said, pregnancy isn't a disability as defined by the ADA. Further, as opposed to someone without a leg, pregnancy is usually a personal choice.
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Last edited by ian-mstm; Feb 4th 2011 at 12:54 pm.
#375
Re: Is this really, that terrible compared to UK?
*sigh* you Brits are such nice people in your own country (at least the one I've met) . Do you undergo some sort of a sea change when you cross the pond over to our side I'm amazed at how you lot nitpick about every little thing in your host country even about if checkout clerks should do their jobs standing or seated Mind boggling