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Not sure about the US(?), but in Australia in many cases it would likely be unlawful to discriminate due to pregnancy even if it "impacted her job availability"
by daniel_iversen 3y ago
Not sure about the US(?), but in Australia in many cases it would likely be unlawful to discriminate due to pregnancy even if it "impacted her job availability".
- Y-bar 3y agoSame here where I live in EU. An employer cannot discriminate because of a pregnancy. An employer who wishes to sack you because of an illness _must_ first show that they have offered rehabilitating services (e.g. medical physiological professional aid, including alterations to the work place) or offered role changes within the company which have not been able to help.
- orbz 3y agoAre there any stipulations on company size? If it’s just a 2-3 person startup, losing one person’s availability is really hard to handle.
- Y-bar 3y agoNot really, why should it be? The government pays for the sick leave after a certain time and the company, small or large, is free to hire temps/substitutes to fill in the gap.
- orbz 3y agoAmazing, I wish I had a government that helped like that.
- Y-bar 3y agoDon’t worry, our government is in the process of eliminating many of those safety nets and social programmes “to incentivise employment”. I have made more than median income for a while, and high income earners like me just got a tax break to “incentivise” is to get and keep a job.