Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
>
>Now there is a bad idea. Women are protected only because we have those
>laws and the means to force an employer to obey those laws. If we drop
>those laws, we'll be right back where we were 40 years ago: women would get
>fired from their job as soon as they announce their pregnancy.
>
If we drop those laws, women would be discounted for the days they
spent having the baby - not fired.
Those labour laws are excellent for g*vernment jobs, or even when the
g*vernment backs the license. But then it means that the whole society
is paying to get a new kid - which is a good thing for child-hungry countries
:-)
Alberto Monteiro
