As is the usual case, there has been some chatter during this election cycle about women in the workplace. Can a woman have it all and still be available and connected to her family and children in a meaningful manner? Should any woman have that expectation in the first place? Is work just another "choice" that women make in this country?
No matter where you fall politically, I think any reasonable person would hope (notice I did not say expect) that a manager or employer would make reasonable accommodation for a pregnant woman on the job. As the following article notes, women make up half the workforce in America. For some, if not most, families a pregnant woman must work for as long as possible because her paycheck is needed. Whatever happened to common sense in the workplace?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/workplace-pregnancy-bill-opposition_n_1914062.html
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