Dear Members
My wife is 3 months pregnant and she is been asked to resign from her company, where she has been working for past 16 months. She is being literally forced to resign threatening that if she doesn't resign, they will terminate her. They are citing non-performance and irregular attendance as the reasons for forcing resignation. They issued her a letter (hard copy, not on email) some 3 weeks back, the same day she emailed HR informing her pregnancy and requesting flexibility in reporting time on account of medical reasons.
As to non-performance, my wife was confirmed in June 2017 and has been performing well in the work given to her. As to leaves, yes, she has taken way more leaves than a normal employee avails, but most of the leaves were approved and the balance being leave without pay. Also, the late coming was never approved by the boss and resulted in half-day leaves on most occasions in past 2 months. Can this be termed misconduct?
Please advise whether she can be terminated on grounds of misconduct and non-performance? Should she resign to avoid pink-slip?
There is no email asking her to resign nor any performance improvement warning except for the letter issued 15 days back citing above mentioned 2 reasons.
My wife is 3 months pregnant and she is been asked to resign from her company, where she has been working for past 16 months. She is being literally forced to resign threatening that if she doesn't resign, they will terminate her. They are citing non-performance and irregular attendance as the reasons for forcing resignation. They issued her a letter (hard copy, not on email) some 3 weeks back, the same day she emailed HR informing her pregnancy and requesting flexibility in reporting time on account of medical reasons.
As to non-performance, my wife was confirmed in June 2017 and has been performing well in the work given to her. As to leaves, yes, she has taken way more leaves than a normal employee avails, but most of the leaves were approved and the balance being leave without pay. Also, the late coming was never approved by the boss and resulted in half-day leaves on most occasions in past 2 months. Can this be termed misconduct?
Please advise whether she can be terminated on grounds of misconduct and non-performance? Should she resign to avoid pink-slip?
There is no email asking her to resign nor any performance improvement warning except for the letter issued 15 days back citing above mentioned 2 reasons.