Woman terminated for applying for maternity leave, company offers 3 months severance

All working women are entitled to take maternity leave when they decide to give birth. It is discriminatory, by the law, if any company denies that, or tries to fire the employee on any grounds. However, that doesn't stop companies from doing so in order to perhaps save money. A woman also faced the same issue when she applied for maternity leave. Here's what happened.

Woman let go without any notice for applying for maternity leave

My wife got terminated after she applied for Maternity Leave
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A user on Reddit shared a story about how his wife was fired right after she applied for maternity leave. The man recounted that her boss was "pretty chill" about the fact that she was going on maternity but was fired "out of the blue" soon after.

He writes, "Her boss was pretty chill about it, told her she'd talk to the CXO of their department and the HR. She (the boss) dropped an email to HR where she asked if there are any formalities that she (my wife, the employee) needs to know."

Soon after the application for leave, the wife received an email about a meeting with the manager, CXO and head of HR which resulted in her termination citing "performance issues."

"No formal feedback, no warnings before this, no mention of a PIP etc. Even in the meetings she (my wife) had with the CXO, literally 1 week before he was entirely normal about this. After the meeting we see a termination email and they're talking about a 3 month severance. If we got maternity it should have been 6 months," the man added further.

The man couldn't help but wonder that the company did this to get out of paying for maternity benefits and only offered to pay 3 months' severance.

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Many people on the internet advise the man on what can they do to deal with this situation. Here's what people said.

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Also read: Google Employee Laid Off During Maternity Leave After Over 12 Years At The Company

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