2018-05-03
The complainant was offered employment at the respondent logistics corporation. She said she informed the company of her pregnancy at interview and sought leave to begin ten weeks after her role started in order to have her baby. The complainant alleged that she was told she was not welcome at the company and that the company terminated her employment on the basis that she abandoned her employment.
The company claimed there was a dispute between the parties and the complainant stopped attending work. The company claimed it had no option but to terminate the complainant’s employment due to non-attendance.
The complaint was resolved with an agreement that the company offer the complainant the role for which she successfully applied and make adjustments to her attendance at the workplace to accommodate her family responsibilities.
Year
Discrimination type
Sex Discrimination Act
Grounds
Pregnancy
Areas
Employment
Job offer
Amount