The aim of this thesis was to develop a coherent approach for the employment of female workers in a German primary care organisation in order to employ women employees during pregnancy. The aim was to facilitate the employment of pregnant women in the organisation, striving to maintain their motivation for work and wellbeing. The employer's resources and the criteria introduced by german Maternity Protection law were taken into account. The thesis was a three-phase research development. The first step was to collect, through group interviews, the experiences, views and expectations about the employment of the employees of the organisation during pregnancy. In the second phase, interviews were analysed and the results of the analysis were presented to a working group. In the third phase, the framework for an approach was constructed based on a SWOT analysis made in the working group and its conclusions.
The interviews provided a comprehensive picture of the status and situation of pregnant workers at the moment. The majority of employees were unhappy with their employment during pregnancy and felt that it had a major impact on work motivation and occupational wellbeing. The SWOT analysis showed that a coherent approach would bring benefits both to the employer and to the employee, improving work motivation, well-being and employee engagement in the organization. Through the SWOT analysis, it was possible to develop a good frame of the coherent, which gathered ideas from the interviews for employment during pregnancy. It is a good idea to extend this approach at a later stage to include the period before pregnancy and to the return to work after childbirth.