Work discrimination: A woman's story and CBI reaction A third of 1,975 women questioned for legal firm Slater and Gordon said they found it impossible to climb the career ladder and 54% said their employer could do more to support working mums. Former art teacher Rebecca Raven described how her contract was terminated after she told her employer she was pregnant and said more people needed to know they could take legal action. Director for employment and skills at CBI Neil Carberry said he suspected that some line managers had "old-fashioned attitudes" but that his organisation was working to change the "culture of the workplace."