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A total of 56 percent say they often work standing up or have to lift heavy objects, and 63 percent are exposed to workplace stress.
The study of workplace hazards for pregnant women, recently published in the journal Gaceta Sanitaria, also reports that almost one-quarter of the women (22 percent) say they were exposed to some chemical agent (in most cases cleaning products) and 6 percent say they are exposed to biological risk factors in jobs that involve caring for others.
The study concludes that it is the youngest, least-educated and non-Spanish women, who are self-employed or working on temporary contracts, who are most likely to report being frequently exposed to workplace risks.
Until this study, there had been little information available about the exposure of pregnant women to workplace risks in Spain. The National Labour Force Survey, the leading source of information on exposure to workplace hazards, does not include information about pregnant women.
Did you worry about the way your work environment might affect you or your baby when you were pregnant?
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1-08-2010 @ 9:51PM
Erin said...I'm afraid pregnant women (in Spain, at least) want it both ways.
In America, in the not so distant past, it used to be that employers would force pregnant women to take a reduction in workload and often a corresponding reduction in pay because the employer did not want the pregnant woman or her fetus to incur an injury because of a workplace hazard.
Women believed that this amounted to unlawful discrimination and successfully sued to be treated no differently than a male worker, whether the women were pregnant or otherwise. Now, pregnant women are arguing that their employer does not do enough to protect them in their pregnant state from workplace hazards.
For employers, especially, this is a no-win situation.
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