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Tribunal hearing | Lloyds employee told to 'get used to' pregnancy discomfort by male manager

Lloyds employee told to 'get used to' pregnancy discomfort by male manager

A Lloyds employee has won a discrimination case after her manager told her to “get used to feeling discomfort” after she went to hospital thinking she had miscarried, a tribunal heard.

Alicia Banks, a customer service advisor at the bank, was probed and asked: “What exactly seems to be wrong?” when she notified her boss she couldn’t come into work because she was experiencing pain.

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