This one of those situation I feel is unfair to everyone. I don't know if there is a way to make it fair. I don't think it's reasonable to ask if someone is married or a parent. But I think it benefits an employer to know if someone is planning on having a child in the near future.
I thought that maybe implementing a system similar to vacation (accruing leave time over a period of months) would be fair, but that's not fair to someone who gets pregnant right away after starting a new job.
I also don't think it's fair for an employer to immediately have to pay for leave time for a new employee. If it's a busy or crucial time and it's unreasonable for other people to pick up the slack, another person has to be hired. That's paying 2 people for one job. And what do you do when the other person comes back?
That happened at my job earlier this year when a guy took a month off for paternity leave.
It's someone's personal business, but I think it's most fair to all parties if an employer knows that a new or prospective employee is planning on taking any type of leave within a year of hire.
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Date: 2006-12-19 03:53 pm (UTC)I thought that maybe implementing a system similar to vacation (accruing leave time over a period of months) would be fair, but that's not fair to someone who gets pregnant right away after starting a new job.
I also don't think it's fair for an employer to immediately have to pay for leave time for a new employee. If it's a busy or crucial time and it's unreasonable for other people to pick up the slack, another person has to be hired. That's paying 2 people for one job. And what do you do when the other person comes back?
That happened at my job earlier this year when a guy took a month off for paternity leave.
It's someone's personal business, but I think it's most fair to all parties if an employer knows that a new or prospective employee is planning on taking any type of leave within a year of hire.