#10% pay cut for pregnant civil servants: “unacceptable sexist discrimination” for trade unions

Civil service unions deplore the 10% cut in compensation for pregnant civil servants on ordinary sick leave, calling it a “discriminatory measure”.

In a letter to the French government on Friday, civil service unions called for the “immediate withdrawal” of the 10% cut in compensation for pregnant civil servants on ordinary sick leave, “an unacceptably serious discriminatory measure”.

Since March 1, François Bayrou’s government has reduced the pay of civil servants on sick leave from 100% to 90%, after a one-day waiting period which does not apply to pregnant women.

“Our trade union organizations solemnly denounce this unacceptably serious discriminatory measure against pregnant women working in the civil service”, they write.

The letter is addressed to Prime Minister François Bayrou, the Minister for the Civil Service, Laurent Marcangeli, and the Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men, Aurore Bergé. It has been signed by eight organizations: Solidaires Fonction publique, CGT Fonction publique, UFFA-CFDT, FSU, CFE-CGC, UIAFP-FO, Unsa Fonction publique, FA-FP. "Manifest sexist discrimination

“Your policy choices mean that pregnant women on ordinary sick leave - excluding leave for pathological pregnancy or maternity leave - will suffer a 10% loss of pay from the first day of sick leave,” the unions denounced.

“Thus, a woman whose pregnancy has been declared but who is forced to take a few days off work on the advice of her doctor will see her pay cut”, they illustrated.

The eight organizations are calling for “the immediate withdrawal” of this measure, described as “clear sexist discrimination”, and “a full guarantee of continued salary for all pregnant women placed on ordinary sick leave on medical advice, whatever the nature of the leave”.

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EDIT: i added context to the title to avoid confusion.