Women in UK fired for getting pregnant

From the Beeb

Lest people think I only moan about Germany - I don't.

I think it is fair to say the excellent social system this place has enables my wife to keep her job here and know it is waiting for her when she gets back next summer.

My side as the hausmann, the quote said it all at the end:


As someone who believes his mapping career is effectively in the toilet at 38 I can only agree with her. Buggered if I want to go back to office life anyway. Will prob be a freelance now.

It is harder for women in their thirties to get the job in the first place here in Germany... because of the rule where the they get their job back if they go away to have a baby... I have heard from people that they will not even consider a woman applicant seriously although they will always accept the resumes...

So yes, in England you might get fired for getting pregnant but here in Germany you might not even get the job because you are likely to get pregnant...

The U.S. isn't much better - but this is a Catholic school.

This was discussed very recently in this thread. In a nutshell Poussin was offered a job here in Munich and was just pregnant at the time. When her future employer sent her the contract, she informed them that she was pregnant, and that she intended returning to work as soon as possible after she started the maternity leave (i.e. after 3 months). The employer then withdrew the offer of a job.
All the legalities of this were discussed in the thread.

there's an example on this very forum (See above post)