The Ministry of Social Protection has begun consultations geared at ensuring that all pregnant women on the job are protected and their human rights upheld in accordance with the Constitution.
This follows a recent outcry over three women who were sacked by the city constabulary due to their pregnancy. The three ranks were subsequently reinstated but there were calls for the rules in place at military and paramilitary organisations to be discarded as they were not in accordance with the Constitution.
Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection Simona Broomes has since directed the Chief Labour Officer
