In the event of collective redundancy, the dismissal of a pregnant worker is only possible in exceptional cases not related to pregnancy and when there is no plausible possibility of giving the woman another vacant, compatible job, explained European Court of Justice Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston in conclusions issued on Thursday 14 September in case C-103/16.
In 2013, Ms Porras Guisado, who was pregnant at the time of her dismissal, challenged her redundancy from her employer, Spanish...