No employer may terminate an employee’s employment contract if she is medically pregnant, during all the periods of suspension of the employment contract to which she is entitled by virtue of maternity leave, whether or not she avails herself of this right, and by virtue of paid leave taken immediately after maternity leave, as well as during the ten weeks following the expiry of these periods.
However, the employer may terminate the contract if he can prove that the employee is guilty of serious misconduct unrelated to her pregnancy, or that it is impossible to continue the contract for reasons unrelated to pregnancy or childbirth. In this case, the termination of the employment contract may not take effect or be notified during the periods of suspension of the employment contract mentioned in the first paragraph.