Originally posted by Cyberman
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Realistically though, who is going to employ a woman that is four month's pregnant when they know that she will want maternity leave within a few months. I just can't see an employer taking her on in the current climate and thus neither would the Jobcentre. 
Realistically, nobody would (although I know a 6 month pregnant woman who sucessfully got a job 4 weeks before she started maternity leave). However, although employers can disguise their discrimination, the benefits agency cannot: therefore unless she is on bed rest with pre-eclampsia or similar, and she is mobile enough to get to their office for interview, they cannot refuse her on grounds of pregnancy.
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