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The unexpected side-effect of pregnancy: discrimination

An educational film on pregnancy discrimination or parental discrimination in the workplace.

49 per cent of women experience pregnancy discrimination or parental discrimination in the workplace.

Knowing your rights can help you keep your job. We produced this video in collaboration with clients to raise awareness of pregnancy and parental discrimination.

All of the quotes in this video were made by real employers to our clients, some of whom feature in the video.

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The figures in this video were informed by the Australian Human Rights Commission's Headline Prevalence Data report (see footnote 8).

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For more information on your rights, see Pregnancy and parental discrimination at work.

Victoria Legal Aid encourages you to distribute this video through your networks. You are not permitted to modify or edit the video and any reproduction of the video must include attribution of Victoria Legal Aid as the copyright owner.

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