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[quote=Anonymous]Frankly the people saying that this is discrimination against a mother need to go back and reread the OP.

Let’s say you hired someone for a job as a receptionist.  Not a demanding job but critical to the business that someone be there physically at the correct time to open the office.

Now let’s say you hired an employee who lived an hour away. They currently only work part time, and have for a while.  Hmm.  Raises a red flag, yes?  There are lots of similar jobs with a shorter commute.  Why has this employee been unable to find full-time work in their area?  They look good otherwise so you hire them.

After accepting the job but before their first day, they call and explain that the work hours conflict with their dogsitter’s dropoff times and ask you to adjust the opening hours for your business to accommodate that.

Do you a) Assume that this is going to be the only time they ask you to adjust for their personal needs or

B) see this as a red flag and assume that they will continue to struggle to manage a full-time job (especially with that long commute) along with their personal life.

Every boss is going to go with B.  And it has nothing to do with discriminating against moms.[/quote]

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