Notify employment of a pregnant or breastfeeding woman
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Procedure
You must report the employment of a pregnant or breastfeeding woman digitally via the online service, in writing by e-mail or verbally.
When notifying via the online service:
- You need a Business service account for this.
- You can find the link to the login/registration under "Further information" - "Online service" - "Login/registration service account".
- Before you can use the online service, please authorize your user.
- You can find help under "Further information" - "Where can I find out more?" - "Maternity protection notification guide".
- You can then use the "Maternity protection notification" online service
- You will find the link under "Further information" - "Online service" - "Maternity protection notification".
For notification by e-mail:
- Fill in the application form.
- This can be found under "Further information" - "Forms".
- Download it and fill it out.
- You can provide information about the type and duration of your pregnant employee's employment in order to avoid any queries from the supervisory authority.
- Send the notification by e-mail to the supervisory authority responsible for you.
- As a rule, you will not receive a confirmation of receipt, as this is only a notification from you.
In the case of verbal notification:
- You inform the authority of the pregnancy or breastfeeding period informally.
Legal bases
More information
The Maternity Protection Act does not apply to
- self-employed persons
- board members and managing directors of legal entities or companies (unless they are also predominantly employed)
- housewives
The reason for this is that they are not in an employment relationship.
There are special statutory regulations for the following professions:
- Civil servants, judges and soldiers
