A woman who took a leave for taking care of a child under the age of three asked for the assistance of the Human Rights Defender for her reinstated in the previous job.
As the applicant states, she was dismissed from her job on the ground of company dissolution as notified from the workplace, whereas she took a leave since 2017. Besides that, despite the fact that her substituting employee continued to work as a primary employee, she was not offered another job after the dismissal. As a result, she was deprived of the social benefit for taking care of a child under the age of two.
A discussion procedure was initiated at the Office of the Human Rights Defender and an official letter to obtain clarifications was addressed to the relevant state body. According to the received answers, as a result of the examination of the Human Rights Defender’s letter, the citizen was reinstated in her previous job.
To point out, it is prohibited by the RA labor legislation to dismiss a pregnant woman or a woman who is in a leave for taking care of a child under the age of three from work upon the employer’s initiative.