Can a pregnant civil servant or a contract worker on maternity leave be dismissed?
Verified 23 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Whether you are a civil servant or a contractor, no redundancies may not be pronounced against you if you are pregnant medically observed or in maternity leave or for a period of 10 weeks following the end of your maternity leave.
If the dismissal is yours notified before the medical determination of your pregnancy, you can, within 15 days of such notification, justify your pregnancy by sending a medical certificate by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.
The dismissal is then canceled.
However, if the dismissal occurs for disciplinary groundsHowever, this prohibition on dismissal does not apply.
This prohibition on dismissal shall also not apply where your FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent comes to an end or if your employer administration is unable to continue to re-employ you for a foreigner reason for your pregnancy, childbirth or birth.
Warning
Dismissal on grounds of professional insufficiency, pronounced at the end of the probationary period, is excluded from the scope of the prohibition. An official who is a trainee and is pregnant may therefore legally be dismissed at the end of the traineeship period.