Work for pregnant women

Although in the period of expectation of the baby every woman wants to relax as much as possible, unfortunately, not everyone has such an opportunity. Most expectant mothers are forced to work to support themselves and their families. In addition, before entering the decree, women in an "interesting" position should perform their duties on an equal basis with other employees, but taking into account certain legislative nuances.

In this article, we will tell you about the rights that a pregnant woman has at work and what specialties are suitable for girls in an "interesting" position.

What guarantees are provided to pregnant women at work?

Legislation of Russia, Ukraine and other legal states provides pregnant women with multiple rights and guarantees that protect them from unscrupulous employers. So, the enterprise has no right to dismiss the future mother on its own initiative, except for cases of liquidation, disbandment and reduction.

In addition, if an employee has a fixed-term employment contract, but by the time she is finished, she has proof of pregnancy, the employer will be forced to extend the contract until the woman leaves on maternity leave.

Finally, in order for a child to develop normally in the womb, and his health was not threatened, the women in the "interesting" position were granted the following rights:

• transfer on a part-time basis with pay;
• the right to refuse business trips, work at weekends and holidays, as well as from overtime work;
• the right to choose a shift. In particular, if there is a possibility, a pregnant woman may refuse to work at night and change to the day only;
• because pregnancy and harmful work are completely incompatible, the future mother has the right to refuse to perform the usual duties and go to light work, as well as reduced working hours.

What kind of work should be done for pregnant women?

Of course, it is extremely difficult for a woman in an "interesting" position to find a new job. Meanwhile, there are a lot of vacancies that are suitable, including, for future mothers. In particular, a pregnant woman can get a job such as:

1. A future mother, who has certain abilities, can sell goods created with her own hands. In this case, to search for potential customers, women tend to use the Internet.
2. In some cases, work for pregnant women is carried out at home. Such an opportunity has those future mothers who previously worked as an accountant, lawyer, foreign language teacher, tutor, psychologist, masseur, text corrector, designer of different directions and so on.
3. In addition, on maternity leave a woman can learn a new profession, for example, a cosmetologist, make-up artist, photographer, stylist, hairdresser, confectioner florist, organizer of children's leisure and others.
4. Some women choose the way of earning through the Internet - a future mother can earn money as a rewriter or a copywriter, a site moderator or groups on social networks, a proofreader of texts and so on.
5. Finally, for many pregnant and young mothers work with a free schedule, which does not require a permanent presence in the office and allows you to perform some of the duties at home. In particular, such as a realtor, telemarketer, cosmetic product distributor, journalist, wedding organizer, decorator or manager.