KWR- employer asking when you plan to get pregnant?

You need to report this to your Union Rep. YESTERDAY. This is beyond illegal. How can anybody ask this is 2017?

Yeah that's illegal, he shouldn't ask you that AND he shouldn't base hiring you permanently on that.

Well it's inappropriate but only illegal if an employment decision is made based on your answer (hiring, firing, promotion, etc.) If the temp service calls and says don't go back, that's when it could be illegal.

It's only illegal if they use it to not hire you. However he could be using this information as a we don't want to hire her because of this so let's find a real legit reason not to hire you. Unfortunately it's not uncommon for this to happen and it's total BS.

He can't ask that. What the hell was he thinking. That is none of his business.

Report it. That counts as evidence. What's worse is trying to act months or years later with no report.

Oh jeez, I got that asked 5 times last Thursday because I was switching birth control and needed a minor surgery that day to get my Nexaplanin out. It was mainly doctors and nurses asking, but a coworker happened to have an appointment right before me and heard what I was in for. Just steer conversation far far away from anything wedding or baby related!!

I would report it to your HR dept. so they are aware of it. You aren't trying to get him in trouble -- at the very least, HR needs to have a conversation with him about appropriate conversation topics, or he WILL end up in trouble in the future.

I'd report it asap.

Wow. If he thought he was just making small talk, he needs to know what he did was illegal. If he was asking for employment reasons, he needs to know what he did was illegal.

I worked for a company just after getting married and before kids. My job ended at 5. my husband and I decided to get a dog and I would be responsible for "the evening shift" since I had a clock out time. Jeff took the "morning shift" with the pup. When asked to begin to staying later than 5 I said I could not. "Why? You don't have kids and you said your husband works late." I was so caught off guard. "I gave a dog and she needs taken care of." "What's more important? Work or your dog?" "My dog." I turned around and left. I had another job within a short period of time. That was my first encounter with this issue. I handle it differently now but I gotta be honest, my first encounter with this situation really caught me off guard.

I'm sorry you are going through this OP but it's a great learning lesson for this guy. I would say something.

That's against the law for him to ask.

I live in CA and that would not fly... I think labor laws and so-called "illegal questions" may vary by state though.

That's illegal

It's actually NOT illegal to ask that question. That's a common misconception. It IS illegal to discriminate based on something like religion or childbearing, but technically not illegal to ask if they *supposedly* aren't taking your answer into consideration. It's splitting hairs, I know, but it also makes your position even trickier.

I say just keep it light and change the subject, but do not offer information on your plans for your family. Unfortunately he may bring his personal ideas to bear when they think about hiring you full-time, but there's very little you can do about that in actual practice.

I know for sure it's illegal to ask during an interview.

@Kathleen S. I have gone through something very similar in previous jobs. Everyone is so understanding that a mother needs to leave when her shift is over and no one ever asks them to stay late. Sometimes I would stay late if needed, but other times I had other obligations or frankly just wanted to go home, but if I said "sorry, I can't stay late today" it was always "why? you don't have kids..."

Illegal as fuck. Report him

Rude? Yes. Intrusive? Definitely. Smart from an employment law perspective? Not at all. Something worth filing a lawsuit over? Probably not.

My go-to is "Well, I'm still pretty young so we haven't decided yet." If you're not young, you could cut that part and just say, "To be honest, we haven't talked about those types of things yet. We're focusing on the marriage part." Hell, you could even say "No, we want to enjoy time as a married couple" if you want the job permanently regardless of whether it's true or not.