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Travers 'discriminated against pregnant trainee', tribunal hears

I find it rather sad that several of the comments here assume that things will never change. We are the first generation born and raised within the era of equal opportunities legislation and widespread 2-working-parent families. With that in mind, things must and will change, and in fact are already changing as the old guard move on and working mothers become the norm, both in law firms and the wider world. However, it sometimes takes brave people like Ms Tantum to challenge prejudices and outdated assumptions. I suspect this publicity may damage her personal career prospects but it may also make this firm and others sit up and take notice, and think twice about how they deal with pregnant lawyers - for that I think we have to applaud her.

15-Feb-2013

4:17 pm