> because your business is the one that hired the young woman and the other business did not, so now you have 4 people working for a year and the other business

> because your business is the one that hired the young woman and the other business did not, so now you have 4 people working for a year and the other business has 5 at the same cost. For small businesses, if this is not tax funded, this is a huge liability and an incentive to discriminate when hiring. Oh absolutely. It has to be tax funded. The damage to the employer has to be limited to finding a temp/replacement - no more.