Sexist Or The Inevitable Reaction.

Leading businesswoman: 'I wouldn't hire women between 25 and 45 in case they get pregnant'.

A LEADING Spanish businesswoman has caused outrage by saying that she would not hire a woman between age 25 and 45 – in case they get pregnant.

By: Sarah Ann Harris

Published: Mon, October 6, 2014

Monica Oriol said that women becoming pregnant was a 'problem' [GETTY]

Monica Oriol, chairwoman of the security and cleaning services company Seguriber, was accused of "blatant sexism" this week after she complained that if a woman has a child, "you can't get rid of her for 11 years". The mother-of-six was once praised for becoming the first woman president of Spain's top business association the Circulo de Empresarios. But her shocking speech to Spanish and Latin American business leaders in Madrid last week revealed that she is less than understanding to other women hoping to climb the career ladder. Express.

You can like this - or hate it but you gotta admit that, under current laws, it is a perfectly logical position. This Blog has long argued that the laws on employment force this kind of thinking onto non-public service employers. All Monica has done is to say what so many employers have been forced to think. Bad laws ill serve women as much as they help them.