Motives
Employers discriminate on the grounds of pregnancy for a number of reasons:
- prejudices against working women and mothers
- fear of loss of productivity due to the absence of an employee
- insufficient resources to support temporary employees or provide overtime pay for other employees to fulfill the duties during leave
- belief that the employee will require too many accommodations even after her return.
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