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Wait! In a restructuring it's illegal to fire someone who is pregnant? That's nonsense.
by Grazester 4y ago
Wait! In a restructuring it's illegal to fire someone who is pregnant? That's nonsense.
- wvenable 4y agoA court case could determine through discovery if it was really "restructuring" or just an excuse to fire this one person in particular. We don't not have enough information to make an educated assessment here.
- etchalon 4y agoIt's not illegal to fire someone who is pregnant. It's illegal to fire someone because they're pregnant. You have to be able to point to another reason, such as performance. Meaning, if you're doing layoffs, and you thought to yourself, "Let's fire person X! They're about to have a kid and won't even be around for two months. That'd be a waste of money!", you would be breaking the law.
- jessaustin 4y agoIn a civilized nation, that certainly would be the case. You're probably right that parent meant USA instead.
- em-bee 4y agoexactly. in china and in some european countries, being pregnant automatically protects you from being let go for almost any reason until after maternity leave completes.
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- netsharc 4y agoHint: the restructuring is most probably a made up excuse, they just wanted the pregnant lady gone. Hmm, it should be a slam-dunk case, the lawyer just needs to ask "Show the court all the paperwork regarding this 'restructuring'. What structures were before, what are they now, and what's the rationale?".