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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by DanBC on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:53AM (#14495992)
In the UK that question can't be asked or it opens the employer to liabilities.
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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by Spoom on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:49AM (#14497159)
While it may not specifically be illegal in the US, it's certainly opening the interviewing company up to huge potential liability. All the interviewee would have to do would be to show that it's more likely than not that they were intending to discriminate based on gender / likelihood to get pregnant.

Definitely not a question that should be asked.

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