Looking for some suggestions for someone related

mvl · 19-12-2018 08:50PM #1

Scenario is that someone in my family is planning to emigrate to Germany (DE) beginning of next year (2 adults and a 3yo).
- The husband got a job offer he accepted, for the same company he's working in current country, to start next February/March. Wife was planning to work remotely until April with current employer, meanwhile look for work in DE, hoping she can start a new role once they settle the toddler in creche.
- But the wife works in a domain that seems to be in demand - not long after she started applying for roles in same city/DE, din an interview this week and she also got a job offer (better pay than the husband for a start).

There is a small detail - hence my reason for asking suggestions here: she found out same week with the interview that she is expecting.
- Assume she would tell them that she can't accept the offer with this reason.

This situation made me wonder: how would such scenario play in Ireland, if a prospect employee from within EU is pregnant during the interview - will they be getting hired or not ? What is legal and what happens in practice ?

Also, does anyone have knowledge of what is the EU legislation about this ?
Thanks.

Crunchymomma · 19-12-2018 08:57PM

https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/maternity_protection.html

This link outlines German law regarding job protection during pregnancy

daheff · 19-12-2018 08:59PM

why could she not accept the offer?

if she tells the company and they are happy to accept her knowing ahes pregnant then theres no issue?

Batgurl · 19-12-2018 11:45PM

To the best of my knowledge, German law is far superior to Irish law when it comes to maternity protection. A woman can’t be fired for being pregnant, is protected from being laid off (even during probation), gets 2 years paid maternity leave and must be offered Flexi time upon return.

It one of the reasons Germany actually has such an imbalance of gender equality in senior positions and senior management.

mvl · 20-12-2018 06:40AM

Thanks all.

Batgurl wrote: »

To the best of my knowledge, German law is far superior to Irish law when it comes to maternity protection. A woman can’t be fired for being pregnant, is protected from being laid off (even during probation), gets 2 years paid maternity leave and must be offered Flexi time upon return.
It one of the reasons Germany actually has such an imbalance of gender equality in senior positions and senior management.

In this case, the mother has similar protection in current country, but I don't know if her social contributions would be transferable when she emigrates within the EU.
- Also, she has senior management on her career track.

@daheff : I guess it's a bit overwhelming. There are some unknowns in the matters of social protection ... and their biggest challenge was supposed to be getting the toddler adjusted in the new country in a creche facility; accepting the role early in a pregnancy means she should start *new* work early. Need to talk to her more now, hopefully some decent solution can be found.

Diziet · 20-12-2018 07:18PM

Accept the offer, start the job, work till mat leave starts, take leave, get back into job. Tell the employer when she accepts, but really they made the offer, they will not be in a position to legally take it back once they find she is pregnant, so it's not an issue. She is entirely entitled to do all this and legislation protects her. Congrats on the job and the pregnancy.

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