Can a 29 week pregnant woman be employed?
I had an argument with the job centre when they insisted I was fit for work at around 34 weeks. I was unemployed at the time and clearly no employer would take me on knowing I was about to have a baby. They told me to get a doctor to declare I was ill when I obviously wasn’t – was just very pregnant! You’re stuck between a rock and a hard place I’m afraid. You can be employed but I’d doubt anybody would take you on. You could argue that they’re being discriminatory though but a potential employer could argue they weren’t if they had a better candidate.
