Iberia scraps pregnancy test rule for new employees
Iberia says it will scrap pregnancy tests for new employees following a €25,000 fine for discrimination.
The airline issued a statement to say the test ‘was only done to guarantee women did not face any risks’, and denied it rejected pregnant women for jobs.
But the airline faced a social media backlash, and was forced to defend many negative comments on Twitter, saying it ‘never ceased to hire a woman because she was pregnant if she met the requirements for the position’.
Iberia said it had contracted five women who were expecting a baby last year to different roles and since the beginning of 2016 it has moved 60 female employees to alternative roles to fit in with their pregnancies.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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