Tribunal hearing | 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.

She was also told by her boss that she was “not the only one with problems” when she asked for extra toilet breaks during her pregnancy.

She claims this experience forced her to quit after being made to feel guilty and “patronised” for calling in sick and she felt the “significance of her pains were being downplayed”, the tribunal heard.