34-year-old admin worker Charlotte Leitch has been awarded nearly £15,000 in compensation after she was sacked immediately after telling her boss she was pregnant.
An admin worker has been awarded nearly £15,000 in compensation after she was sacked immediately after telling her boss she was pregnant.
But instead of reassurance, Ms Leitch said she was made to feel ‘degraded and worthless’ when Ms Calder – a mother herself – claimed she was not entitled to any maternity leave as she had yet to sign her new employee contract and told her: ‘We have no obligation to keep you on.’She also split with her partner of six years, saying the ‘nightmare’ of an eighth miscarriage had ‘destroyed’ them and remains out of work while she recovers.
The tribunal heard she joined CIS Services in May 2021 as an administrative assistant, earning £20,000 a year.She had not yet put pen to paper on her new employee contract by the time she was let go after raising concerns about it. Ms Leitch was given the option of leaving there and then, working until the end of the day, or until the following day, the tribunal heard.
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