Should you share your childbearing plans with your potential employer?

Going for job interviews can be stressful. And it’s especially so when you’re not aware of what your potential employer is legally allowed to ask you. Sometimes, it can feel like questions come out of nowhere and you’re caught off guard, not knowing whether you’re meant to answer them.

“According to the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, it is discriminatory to ask an interviewee about their childbearing plans. Employees must be recruited purely on the basis of merit, and their family or caregiving responsibilities should not be factored into recruitment,” says Shailey Hingorani, head of“If women are asked about their childbearing plans, they may ask the employer the reason behind that question.

There are also pros and cons to sharing your childbearing plans with a potential employer or recruiter. Shailey reveals that sharing childbearing plans or pregnancy status early on in the job application process can help initiate an honest, communicative relationship between an employee and employer. The employer can then plan necessary accommodations and find ways to support the worker through her pregnancy and caregiving responsibilities.

If you perceive the question to be about your level of commitment to the role, you could say, “I think you are trying to ask me about my commitment to the role and I can assure you of my commitment. Let me tell you of some previous situations where I have demonstrated this…” This is a shortened version of box breathing, a stress-reducing technique used and endorsed by the US Navy SEALs to stay calm and focused before and after intense combat. This is good and useful to practise for five minutes each time in a day, to help you learn to self-regulate and calm your nervous system, decreasing stress in your body and to increase calmness, clarity and focus.

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