That sounds like a serious case of the world gone mad...two people present for a job. One will be available to do the job, the other will not as she'll be on maternity leave but a potential employer can't make a decision based on these facts?
you can't discriminate because someone is pregnant. I was recently offered a job from a panel I have been on for a while. Job is due to start in April and I am due to start maternity leave in April. I turned the job down but only because I have gotten a promotion since being placed on that panel. If I was to accept the job they would have had to hire me for a week and then I would have gone on (fully paid) maternity leave.
Men dont get the the same level of hassle about the whole thing.
men are entitled to 14 weeks parental leave in all employment in Ireland per child. This is unpaid leave but it is still an entitlement. How is it any different to unpaid maternity leave which most women get from SMEs? My husband gets 5 days paid paternity leave from his employer and he is not a public sector employee. In fact I think public sector employees only get 3 days.By your logic any women of childbearing age shouldnt get a job because they might need to go on maternity leave at some stage in their working lives.And women are not entitled to time off for female problems. What a stupid thing to say. There are such things as mens problems too you know.Because parental leave/paternity leave for men is virtually non-existent in this country.
I heard of a case where an obviously pregnant woman presented for interview. The interviewer, whom she knew, congratulated her. The woman didn't get the job but subsequently took a successful equality case on the grounds that as her pregnancy was commented on at the interview, she was effectively discriminated against on grounds of gender.
It's different because many (most?) women in that situation would qualify for Maternity Benefit.How is it any different to unpaid maternity leave which most women get from SMEs?
Personally I think that you are warping JR's logic there but maybe he would agree with you in spite of what I think?By your logic any women of childbearing age shouldnt get a job because they might need to go on maternity leave at some stage in their working lives.And women are not entitled to time off for female problems. What a stupid thing to say. There are such things as mens problems too you know.
men are entitled to 14 weeks parental leave in all employment in Ireland per child. This is unpaid leave but it is still an entitlement. How is it any different to unpaid maternity leave which most women get from SMEs? My husband gets 5 days paid paternity leave from his employer and he is not a public sector employee. In fact I think public sector employees only get 3 days.By your logic any women of childbearing age shouldnt get a job because they might need to go on maternity leave at some stage in their working lives.And women are not entitled to time off for female problems. What a stupid thing to say. There are such things as mens problems too you know.