Pregnancy Penalty: Why Women Lose Jobs in Australia

Known and confirmed

• ABC investigation reveals over 100 Australian women lost jobs due to pregnancy, including at major corporations.
• Employers use tactics like sham restructures, cutting casual hours, and denying reasonable adjustments.
• Legal recourse is slow; nearly half of discrimination complaints take over a year to resolve, deterring victims.

Unknown or unverified

• 具体补贴金额或惩罚力度对劳动力市场的实际影响尚不明确。
• 不同行业（如建筑vs房地产）对政策的敏感度存在差异。
• 公众对于‘谁该买单’（国家vs企业）的道德直觉可能存在分歧。