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NON-RECRUITMENT OF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS PROHIBITED.
⚡️QUESTION;
Is it legal for an employer to refuse to hire a pregnant woman because of her pregnancy?
⚡️ANSWER;
According to Article 78 of the Labor Code, persons who are required by law to enter into an employment contract (persons sent to work at the expense of the established minimum number of jobs; pregnant women and women with children under three years of age) are liable for pregnancy or childbirth, respectively. so) non-recruitment is strictly prohibited.
✏️ If we translate the above norm into simple language, for example, during your pregnancy you applied to the labor authorities for a job. The employment agency has sent you to a job that suits you, where there is a vacancy. However, if the organization that is supposed to hire you does not hire you because you are pregnant and expect you to go on maternity leave soon, that non-hiring person is considered to have violated the above procedure and his action will result in liability.