SICHUAN – Attempts were made to block media coverage of a seven-month pregnant woman being transferred to a position 37km from her home without her consent, a news portal reports. The unnamed graphic designer was notified by the Chengdu Yifeng Rongxing Packing Company earlier this month that she was being transferred from her current post in Chenghua District, Chengdu, to Jintang county, news portal Huaxi100.com reported. The new position would entail a commute of three hours using three different buses. One in five pregnant women and new mothers experience workplace discrimination in Hong Kong The Chenghua site was only 800 meters from her home, and she could walk there in 15 minutes. When the woman refused the transfer, she said the company took back the her keys to all buildings and deleted her staff profile. She then called the police, the report said. A staff member from the human resources department would not at first confirm that the woman worked for the company and said the company was not afraid of a lawsuit. The company later confirmed the woman had worked there and said the job transfer was an ordinary matter. The company manager and two staff members forcibly took a camera and mobile phones from two news portal journalists in a physical altercation when they visited to report the incident on Thursday. Labour arbitration law could have prevented worker's suicide The woman met with company representatives on Monday and agreed that she would continue to work for the company until her maternity leave was over, but would receive no salary during that leave and would pay her own social security costs, which amounted to about 870 yuan (HK$1,010) per month, the report said. The woman also applied for labour arbitration. An officer from Chengdu People’s Court said the case had been documented and was awaiting a hearing.