A pregnant worker must be afforded a reasonable time limit in order to be able to bring an action against her dismissal (ECJ)
According to the Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-284/23 (Haus Jacobus) a pregnant worker must be afforded a reasonable time limit in order to be able to bring an action against her dismissal. A two-week time limit for making a request for leave to intervene appears to be insufficient. A care-home employee challenges her dismissal before a German labour court. She relies on the prohibition of dismissal for pregnant women. The labour court considers that the action should normally be dismissed on the ground that it was brought out of time. When the employee became aware of her pregnancy and brought the action, the ordinary time limit of three weeks following notification in writing of the dismissal, laid down by German law, had already lapsed. Furthermore, the employee failed to submit a request for leave to bring an action out of time within the additional time limit of two weeks [1] laid down by that law. The labour court asks, however, whether the German legislation at i
