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No where is it written here they shouldn't

Not everything needs to be a panacea to cover all edge cases

Legally a specific situation is often required

Imo it is a phony obligation to fragment people via feigned ignorance and willful ignorance, create liquidity of a sort in the litigation market making everyone fight the same fires over and over but that is currently how it works

1. they shouldn't even have to work, they should be on a paid leave

2. if they want to work - they should have preferential treatment

3. even if they are not pregnant - their bathroom breaks or the ability to sit down shouldn't be limited by their employer

Reading about American work culture is uncanny. It's like people arguing about css-styling the NPE error stacktrace, and everybody just assumes the null dateOfBirth in the database and 5 levels of backend code without null checks is just how it has to be.

3. even if they are not pregnant - their bathroom breaks or the ability to sit down shouldn't be limited by their employer

See most retail workers, and anyone behind a cash register.

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See most retail workers, and anyone behind a cash register.

Yes, but only the people at the "coal face"

The managers in the background toilet at will.

See most retail workers, and anyone behind a cash register.

Why would people behind cash register have to stand?

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