Maternity protection

The Maternity Protection Act and the associated Special protection against dismissal is applicable to all employment relationships. This also includes pregnant trainees, interns, development workers, students, pupils and participants in the Federal Voluntary Service.

The Maternity Protection Act (MuSchG) provides for an individual and a general ban on employment. A medical certificate is required for the individual ban on employment. Transcript which takes into account the respective health status of the pregnant woman. The general ban on employment applies to all pregnant women from six weeks before the delivery date up to eight weeks after delivery.

One ordinary termination is during a Pregnancy and up to four months after the birth or after a miscarriage if the employer has been informed of this within two weeks. The right to extraordinary Termination for good cause, the employer is entitled to terminate the employment contract irrespective of this Special protection against dismissal. It is also possible for the employment relationship to end due to a time limit or the occurrence of a condition. If you are or were pregnant and have been dismissed, you must inform the Limitation period of three weeks. Otherwise the Termination as effective. However, there is the possibility of subsequent approval of the Action for unfair dismissal,  if you want to know about your Pregnancy for a reason for which you are not responsible only after the expiry of the Limitation period have gained knowledge.