Labor Appeal No. 11874-2018 Huánuco, Second Transitory Chamber of Constitutional and Social Law of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic, Peru, 2019
An employee alleged that her employer fired her because she was pregnant. The employer sought an annulment of the previous decisions. The Supreme Court rejected the employer’s request, acknowledging that although the law requires an employee to notify an employer of their pregnancy in writing, this requirement is not enforceable when the pregnancy is physically evident. The plaintiff sought nullification of her termination under Article 29(e) of the Legislative Decree No. 728, which renders employee terminations based on pregnancy null.