The European Commission is taking the
Netherlands to the European Court in Luxembourg in view of discrimination of
pregnant women in the country. There is no general protection of pregnant women
in Dutch law which assures that they will receive their job position back, or
an equivalent one when they return after giving birth. Marysha Molthoff of the
Dutch College for Human Rights said that in high positions in particular, 10%
of the women do not get all their tasks back. Five percent have been placed in
an even lower position. These results are from a study the college undertook
last year. The study shows that 45% of pregnant women had experienced
discrimination in one way or another.
www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4504/Economie/article/detail/3404000/2013/03/05/Biedt-Nederland-zwangere-vrouwen-voldoende-bescherming-tegen-discriminatie.dhtml
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