If you are pregnant, you may only be employed with your consent in the last six weeks before giving birth.

Until the expiry of eight weeks, in the case of premature and multiple births until the expiry of twelve weeks after delivery, you may not be employed at all.

Outside the statutory protection periods, the Maternity Protection Act provides for general employment bans (e.g. piecework, assembly line, overtime, Sunday or night work) and individual employment bans on the basis of a medical certificate for your protection and the protection of your child.