Alan Sugar wants to know if a woman worker is going to have a baby
 

Today is Womans Day

But Alan
has made a Valid Money Point
if he gets a Woman at the top end
then she goes off to have her baby
that is Money he wasted.


Life is Hard


He has a Valid Money Point.

When I first started work many moons ago it was common practice for employers to ask if you were intending to get married and have kids any time soon. I felt it was a perfectly valid question bearing in mind that most employers have to invest time, money and energy into training up female staff only for them to leave, either for good when they have kids, or for months on end on maternity leave.

Maybe the bigger companies can cope, but many smaller businesses who are struggling already in this economic climate cannot afford to take on staff who have no intention of staying in post long enough to justify an employer's investment in them.

What a Great Point Angus
I hope on Question Time BBC1
this Thursday
they Debate this.