Hi Jake,
I suspect that the UK is actually similar to Australia where that *any* org can apply for a temporary exemption to very specific aspects of anti-discrimination legislation. It is not up to the military to decide but up to the antidiscrimination authorities to decide whether that is permissable. So at least in Australia, the military are bound by the same laws as the rest of the country and mothers are protected (at least in theory) from discrimination because they are mothers and because they are breastfeeding.
Karleen Gribble
Australia


On 17/02/2012, at 4:08 AM, Jake Marcus wrote:

> interesting, it appears Australian law *does* extend discrimination law to military however, even given Morgan's post, the decision to give discrimination protection is left to the military. It appears they do to some extent but that doesn't alter the fact that military is not automatically covered by civil rights protections in the way a civilian would be.
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