How to say about pregnancy at work
How to say about pregnancy at work
How correctly to tell about the position to colleagues and a management? This delicate question a woman often delayed until the last moment, not noticing how behind begin to whisper.
Instructions
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With rare exceptions, the team is positivereact to pregnancy of employees. The employer does not suffer financially, because all payments come from different funds, but not from the pocket of the employer. Often pregnant women are offered to take a vacation of the accumulated vacation days, so that it is as little as possible in the workplace. It is better to inform management as early as possible. This will allow you without unnecessary problems to transfer the case to the newly admitted employee and warn gossip at work. If you are the leader, you should collect the team, accept congratulations and introduce the new boss.
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You can tell about pregnancy in 14-16 weeks,but not before. In early periods, spontaneous abortions often occur, it may be necessary to interrupt pregnancy on medical grounds. It will be better if a narrow circle of people knows about it.
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Telling a secret to one colleague, chances are great,that in a few days your whole office will know about your interesting situation. And it will be extremely unpleasant if the leader does not learn the news from you. Ideally, if you tell your immediate boss, and he already at the next meeting will announce to all employees, correctly picking up the words. Given his position in the team, congratulations can be dry and restrained, without unnecessary details and lisp. After this, ask the leader to proceed to work issues related to the transfer of cases, the search for a replacement employee.
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If you tell your colleagues about youryou do not plan a pregnancy, you need a private conversation with management. You can discuss working issues without recruiting other team members. You can ask to transfer you to a free work schedule or part of the work to take home. This practice is the norm: people work together, but it does not oblige them to spread about their personal lives. Although in the creative teams the pregnancy of the employee can be an incentive for a new project created specifically for her.
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If you are not happy with pregnant women in your team,You also need to report, but as late as possible. Optimum ─ before going on maternity leave. You can do this either in person or in an official letter. The hospital sheet should be entered in the accounting department, there will solve all questions about the payment of benefits. Some go on vacation or take a sick leave and only then go to the decree. So you can minimize contact with the team.
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On a misunderstanding of the members of the collective, whichnotified of pregnancy, you can answer that you are already a mature person and do not need additional support. If this answer seems too harsh, say that the pregnancy was proceeding with complications and you did not want to "jinx it".
