A UK mum is set to receive compensation from her former employer after suing them for pregnancy discrimination and unfair dismissal.
A mum who told her bosses she was pregnant a week after starting her job at a nursery was asked whether keeping the baby was a “good idea”.
Managers quizzed Darci Topping, 23, about her baby’s dad and her intention to go through with the birth, while subjecting her to “negative inferences” about her pregnancy, an employment tribunal heard.
The new starter – who was on minimum wage – was then “pressured” into reducing her hours as the Covid pandemic hit, before being made redundant out of the blue.
But bosses at Stepping Stones Nursery in Hoddlesden, Lancashire, had “dressed up” her sacking with a sham process because she was pregnant, the tribunal ruled.
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Ms Topping, who now has one-year-old son Stanley, is set to receive compensation from the nursery after successfully suing it for pregnancy discrimination…
