Published: 7 Dec 12 12:28 CET | Print version
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A German court has strengthened the rights of pregnant women in the workplace - underlining the idea that asking a woman whether she is expecting constitutes discrimination.
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The next item up should be age discrimination of employers requesting that you disclose your age on the application and on your CV.
Either you have the education and experience qualifications to do the job or you don't.
While I generally agree with the idea, I do have some trouble with someone who signs a contract knowing they don't intend to fulfill it, regardless of the reasoning. It's no different than any other type of contractual fraud. How would you feel if you contracted with someone to perform a specific task for a specific period of time, and halfway through you discovered that they never intended to keep their half of the deal, leaving you with an unfinished product or job and the prospects of finding a new worker on short notice who would require training? What if you can no longer fulfill your own contract with your customer because of that?
It's one thing to not ask or not be required to tell, but it's quite another when you enter into a contract KNOWING you're not going to keep your half of the deal.
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The article simply states that a woman does not have to volunteer personal information to a prospective employer. In germany that's a step into the 20th century.
If you hire somebody with an unlimited contract, does that mean that you expect them to work for you forever? I guess not. The duration of a contract does not imply the obligation of the employee to work the whole respective period. The real obligation to work is during the notice period, to give the employer time to find a replacement.
Unfortunately, being pregnant does not always mean giving birth to a baby. The pregnancy can go wrong. So actually nobody can say 100% that the respective woman will not be able to work the whole period specified in the contract.
Let's suppose that I am looking for a specific job that is currently not on the market. In the meantime, I decide to apply to a limited-contract job (let's say 1.5 years). Is it my legal duty to inform the prospective employer about my willingness to jump ships when my I find my dream job? Of course, if that happens during the next 1.5 years, it means that I will not finish my contract.