Teacher
wins pregnancy sacking case
News
When a 32-year-old
art teacher found out she was pregnant, she soon found herself also loosing her
job. This was the case with Rebecca Raven, an art teacher at Howell's School in
Denbigh, North Wales. The school had decided not to renew her contract, but
offer her a part time position. When she went after this position, she found
herself not appointed. She talked to her union, the Association of Teachers and
Lecturers (ATL) and sued the school. She won the case in court, but said she
was seeking compensation, not reinstatement, and hoped to find another job to
start in September.
To me this
is uncalled for, the school should not have done this. There is also some irony
in this because this is a girl school and it should be a good example that a
teacher who is pregnant can also have a job. The school played a dirty game by
offering her a phony job, which they themselves probably already knew that they
weren’t going to give to her. Pregnancy should never be a reason to fire an employee,
if this was the case then either there would be a lot less kids or a lot more
jobs available.
I think it is ridiculous that somebody else decides whether you are able to work full-time or not. I mean, you should decide that yourself and the fact you gave birth to a baby doesn't mean you aren't able to get back into business again. I wouldn't want to go back either, rather just find a new job where they do want me to come back and where they appreciate me.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOk. This is Really funny because I read ''Pregnant Sue'' in a way that is was about Glee, because Sue is pregnant in the series! But now I realise that you wrote sue without a capital letter so it was not the name of the cheer leading coach.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI think this pregnant thing maybe does not even have to do something with the fact that she is fired. Maybe they wanted her to go because she is an Art teacher and they had to save money?
If she really is fired because of her pregnancy, I agree with you that it is ridiculous.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBut there's also a point in what Tim says, her pregnancy doesn't necessarily have to be the reason she's fired, it could also be that something else occured and this just was the last bit they needed to fire her. Or because they needed money, like Tim said.
This happens all the time, and something needs to be done. I don't think women should be fired, just because they will be pregnant. It was a good idea of the school to offer her a part time job, but they should follow up on their word, and actually give her the job, instead of appointing it to someone else.
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