At 11:56 30-1-01 -0600, John Horn wrote:
> > From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > All this is also why it was so difficult for me to find a
> > good job in the first
> > place. Being female, around 30, just married and without
> > children is like a sign
> > that says don't touch me, plague.
>
>This amazes me. With all the special protections you hear about in Europe,
>I can't believe an employer can even ASK whether or not you are married or
>if you have children.
It's perfectly legal here for an employer to ask if you're married or if
you have children. I'm not sure though if he's allowed to ask if you have
wedding plans or are planning on having children. Even if he does ask, you
can tell him whatever he wants to hear. You can tell him you don't have any
plans regarding marriage or children; he won't know if you're lying or not.
What an employer *can't* do, however, is refuse to hire you based on the
fact that you want to get married and/or have children. That law doesn't
stop them for not-hiring you based on that, though -- employers simply
think up some other reason, like "we found a candidate that fits better in
our team" or something like that.
Jeroen
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