MyCity4Her’s founder Monyka Berrocosa is a native of Montreal, Canada. Canada is often critisised for having “socialist tendencies” but on the issue of “Pregnancy at Work” no working mother to be, or working Mom can really argue that the concept of a year’s paid leave and employment protection for full time workers is not a valuable and necessary concept.
To understand your rights in the Province of Quebec click here to be directed to the Commision Des Normes Du Travail web site. To understand your rights in Canada click here to be directed to an informative post on BabyCenter.com including valuable links and directives related to province specifics.
Employee retention is an often overlooked cost-effective tool when it comes to effective business growth strategies. In highly skilled, or knowledgeable positions the estimated time to “up skill” a replacement employee can sometimes surpass 6 mos, not to mention add thousands of dollars of cost in terms of recruitment, training and development. All the more reason to consider the cost effective, albeit extreme to some concept of taking care of Pregnant workers not just because it’s the right thing to do – but because it’s good business.
This being said, keep a job opportunity open for a particular employee over a 2-3 month period can prove laborious, expensive and also hamper business continuity, particularly for micro-enterprise and very small business.
To read the MyCity4Her.com post on the Pregnant Worker Protection Act (ground breaking legislation in the process of being worked on to ensure American women workers have access to the same dignity and support women in Canada do) click here.
To keep abreast of the The Pregnant Worker Protection Act in the US – click here. For more information about Pregnancy and work in Canada click here & for Pregnancy and work in Quebec click here.