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'Humiliating & degrading' | Boss 'wanted to bet' on pregnant worker's weight - tribunal awards her £30k

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Boss 'wanted to bet' on pregnant worker's weight - tribunal awards her £30k

A marketing executive whose boss allegedly joked about placing bets on how much weight she would gain while she was pregnant has been awarded £30,000 in damages, according to an employment tribunal.

The Times has reported that Sally-Anne Shipp told a hearing she was questioned by male colleagues at delivery firm CitySprint over whether her baby had been planned and whether she had stopped using contraception.

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