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Pregnancy discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that an
employer is not required to revisit or revoke a lawful decision to
dismiss after it is notified of an employee's pregnancy, where
it was not aware of the pregnancy at the time it made the decision
to dismiss.
The employer decided to dismiss Ms Thompson during her
probationary period because of her emotional volatility and because
she did not fit in with their work ethic. The employer did not tell
her this straight away and before they did, she told them that she
was pregnant. The employer went ahead with Mr Thompson's
dismissal. She brought claims for unfair dismissal by reason of
pregnancy and pregnancy discrimination.
