“We want our daughters and granddaughters to be able to abort without shame or loss of pay. » About thirty people, including lawyers, journalists and feminists, signed a column published on the website of the Sunday newspaper to call for the creation of specific leave in the event of voluntary termination of pregnancy.
The signatories recall that the social partners of the Syntec branch (digital and consulting) have signed an agreement providing for two days’ leave in the event of miscarriage, and that the Carrefour group has granted three days to its employees for the same reason. This thus allows the women concerned to “not be financially penalized by the loss of salary implied by the application of a sick leave, by circumventing the period of three unpaid waiting days”.
“A taste of the illicit in labor law”
“But what about voluntary termination of pregnancy, for which there is still no dedicated leave? “, they wonder. The signatories believe that “in the collective unconscious, nearly fifty years after its legalization, abortion still resonates as a subversive act evoking unbridled sexuality or anarchic management of its fertility, in a society that expects women to be organized and careful”.
“Thus conceived, the course of abortion retains a taste of illicit in labor law, while it concerns one in three women”. For the signatories, “dedicated leave would legitimize and affirm this fundamental right which is still exercised clandestinely vis-à-vis the professional sphere”.
Among the signatories are notably Élise Goldfarb and Julia Layani, creators of the podcast Coming out, or the filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu.
2023-04-30 10:17:02
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