£28k payout | HR worker was ordered to clean toilets after returning from maternity leave

An HR worker who was ordered to clean toilets after returning from maternity leave has been awarded more than £28,000 at an employment tribunal.

Sabbah Messum, an HR assistant at Bradford Management Services was left ‘degraded’ and ‘humiliated’ after finding herself demoted to housekeeping duties, accused of theft and subjected to a 'discriminatory regime' which penalised pregnant workers by creating a 'hostile' and 'intimidating' environment for them, the proceedings heard.