Marketers ‘living in the dark ages’ when it comes to recruiting women

Marketers are “living in the dark ages” and have “worrying attitudes” to unlawful behaviour when it comes to recruiting women, according to a new study.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) questioned 1,100 private sector employees, a proportion of which came from marketing. In total, 36% agreed that it is reasonable to ask women about their plans to have children in the future during recruitment, while six in 10 agreed a woman should have to disclose whether she is pregnant during the recruitment process and 46% said it is reasonable to ask women if they have young children.

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