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RUSSIA - WOMEN PROTEST WORK
DISMISSALS OF PREGNANT
WOMEN & MOTHERS OF
INFANTS - WANT COMPENSATION
March 04, 2010
The activists say the number of instances of pregnant women or those with
children under three years of age being fired by their employers and denied
social allowances has increased in recent years.
The St. Petersburg-based organization Peterburgskaya Egida (St. Petersburg
Aegis) is currently investigating 15 such cases.
Peterburgskaya Egida President Rima Sharifullina told RFE/RL that in the wake
of the economic crisis many companies have laid off female workers and in some
cases failed to pay them their severance and other social allowances to which
they are entitled. Other women have not received maternity leave payments.
She added that in many cases it is impossible to get such money because the
companies no longer exist.
Sharifullina said the law should be changed to make the State Social Insurance
Fund responsible for the payment of allowances to dismissed women who are
pregnant or who have children under the age of three.
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