Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 1:30:37 GMT -5
After a three-month maternity break, Laura Leticia García Rodríguez returned to her job to find a big surprise: a dismissal letter.
She worked at Industrias JLC SA de CV, where she worked for the last two years. It is a family business whose main product is clarsol, a product for the home.
However, upon returning to work, he did not receive congratulations or empathy from the company where he used to work; on the contrary, he received his dismissal letter. Leticia was not only affected by losing her job, but by the loss of social security, which is now more than ever necessary for her and her daughter.
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Until now, his brother Miguel Ángel García, a lawyer specialized in labor matters, filed a complaint with the National Commission to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED), where he has protested under the principle that what the company did is considered gender violence and discrimination.
Animal Político took on the task of carrying out an in-depth investigation, but it was impossible for it to know the version of Industrias JLC SA de CV, since it refused to make statements.
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According to CONAPRED, between 2015 and 2019, only 8 complaints were filed for dismissal due to pregnancy and 433 files of complaints and claims for alleged acts of discrimination.
In the last month, at least two have already been registered: that of Laura Leticia and Alma Elizalde, former director of the L'Oreal brand, who assured that the multinational asked her to resign one day before returning from her maternity leave.
In the job interview they asked me what my life project was. I told them that I wanted to have a family and grow professionally.
Alma Elizalde, former director of the L'Oreal brand
On the other hand, García Rodríguez has a degree in Foreign Relations, she mentions that she never thought that getting pregnant would be a problem: she had been in the company for more than a year and a half, she had supported the expansion of the business to the United States and Central America, and even her boss, Pablo Canal Palomar, promised him a raise and a bonus.
From the third month after I found out I had the baby and that there would be no complications, I informed them about my pregnancy. They told me that there was no problem, that they would hire someone to cover my three months of disability.