Is a pregnant employee obliged to disclose her pregnancy to her employer?
Verified 11 August 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
No, a pregnant employee does not have to inform her employer of her pregnancy.
If she wishes, she can reveal at any time to his employer his pregnancy.
It may inform him in writing or verbally.
During this information, the pregnancy status of the employee must be justified by a medical certificate.
For the employee to benefit from legal rights and conventional (if any) related to her pregnancy, the employee must have informed her employer of her pregnancy. These rights may include, for example:
- Protection against dismissal
- Absence permits for medical examinations without a decrease in remuneration
- Reduction of daily working time.
Please note
The pregnant employee must inform his employer before you leave in maternity leave.
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- You have an interview today, right?
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I hope he doesn't see that I'm pregnant
- But anyway you have to tell him!
- You do not have to say that you are pregnant:
· Neither during an interview
· Or when you are an employee
- To benefit from the benefits of pregnancy, you must inform your employer
- The dismissal can be canceled if you provide a pregnancy medical certificate to your employer within 15 days
- A pregnant woman may be dismissed only in the event of gross negligence or impossibility of maintaining her employment contract
During a job interview, you do not have to inform your future employer of your pregnancy. If you inform them, they cannot exclude you from a recruitment procedure because you are pregnant, this would be discrimination. If, as a result of this interview, the employer hires you, you will still not be required to inform them of your pregnancy status. But beware! In this case you will not be able to benefit from leave authorizations provided by the Labor Code or other provisions provided by your collective agreement, such as a reduction in hours for example. You are also not protected against dismissal. However, your dismissal would be canceled if you provide your employer with a pregnancy medical certificate within 15 days of the date of the dismissal. This protection is not absolute. The employer may dismiss you if it justifies a gross misconduct or impossibility of maintaining your employment contract such as the closure of the company for example.
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