Supporting pregnant chemists

Pregnant employee in the office

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Risk assessments and flexible working policies all provide valuable support – but how proactively this is offered varies greatly

When Anna Slater became pregnant as a postdoc 11 years ago she felt she was entering uncharted territory. ‘There really wasn’t a lot of information out there, I felt like I was the first person to ask: “How do we do this?”’