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PostSubject: Awww, getting sacked while on maternity leave - Suck it up, or don't fuck around   Awww, getting sacked while on maternity leave - Suck it up, or don't fuck around Icon_minitimeMon Jun 17, 2013 11:07 pm

Two days after Amanda* announced her pregnancy, her employer couriered a termination notice to her home. She'd just been promoted so it's unlikely she was being sacked for poor performance.

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You don't have be Einstein to work out that marketing manager plus bub equals "Your services are no longer required".

Fortunately, Amanda's father is a lawyer. Within 48 hours she had negotiated a payout from the company.

While she won compensation, it was hardly a victory.
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Amanda lost a job she enjoyed, as well as the security and the identity of having a job to return to after her maternity leave. Most probably, she has also lost the ability to work part-time.

Women returning to the same job can often negotiate flexible work arrangements, but otherwise, meaningful and well-paid part-time work is very difficult to find.

And what did her large multinational employer lose — a company whose primary customers are mothers? What was the consequence for what is almost certainly a breach in the law? (And let's be clear, sacking a woman because she is pregnant is indeed against the law in Australia.

http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/parenting-and-families/getting-sacked-while-on-maternity-leave-20130617-2odlj.html
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