Information on pregnancy, maternity protection and parental leavet

The amendments to the Maternity Protection Act (MuSchG) stipulate that the health of female students must be protected during pregnancy, after childbirth and during the breastfeeding period. The MuSchG counteracts disadvantages and provides protective measures to exclude risks to the health of mother and child. The maternity protection period of 6 weeks before and 8 weeks after childbirth also applies to female students. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Notification of existing pregnancy

According to & 15 Abs.1 S. 1 MuSchG a pregnant student should inform the university about her pregnancy and the expected day of delivery as soon as she knows that she is pregnant.

Information on the notification of an existing pregnancy:

• Maternity protection
• Forms

Your advantage:

• Protective rights according to the MuSchG can be claimed
• TUC can take measures
• In the context of study and examination achievements, an application for disadvantage compensation can be made
• Leave of absence from studies

If the employee is also a research assistant or student assistant, the pregnancy must also be reported to the Human Resources Department.

More informations:

• Student Service Point
• Request for compensation for disadvantages
• Maternity Protection Act^de
• Maternity Protection Guide^de

Organizational matters for employees

Direct information regarding maternity leave as well as parental leave for employees is provided individually via the responsible administrators of the Human Resources Department.

Den Request for continued use of the e-mail account ("Continued use of the services of the University Computer Center during maternity/parental leave") you will find in the IdM portal.

Den "Child support application" you can find on the website of the Chemnitz district office.

Federal information

Information from the Saxon State Ministry of Finance (Implementation notes of the Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder (TdL) for parental leave from 21. Mai 2014) can be found on the pages of the Staff Council^de