£40k payout | HR worker sacked during maternity leave was left 'unable to feed newborn'

A mum who was fired while on maternity leave has been awarded more £40,000 after a tribunal ruled that her employer had treated her unfairly because of her pregnancy, the Mirror has reported.

Anastassia Rodin was left “unable to feed her newborn" after losing her office job just weeks after giving birth.

According to an employment tribunal, Rodin was a trainer at Dhillons Management Services, which supplies HR services to chains such as Domino's and Costa Coffee.

She began maternity leave in June 2017, but shortly afterwards the firm ceased operations, and its contracts were taken over by DMS1 Limited.