'Dismissive & belittling' | Pregnant worker branded 'emotional & hormonal' after raising concerns about high workload

A pregnant employee has won an employment tribunal after being labelled “very emotional and tearful” by her boss after raising concerns about her workload.

Nicola Hinds is in line for compensation on the grounds of pregnancy discrimination, after her boss stereotyped her as “an emotional, hormonal pregnant woman”, with an employment judge declaring the description of her as “dismissive and belittling”.

Hinds, 37, was described as such in an email by boss Nav Kalley while working at outsourcing business Mitie, after reportedly raising concerns about her workload. 

Hinds’ boss, Nav Kalley, was “stereotyping [her] as an emotional, hormonal pregnant woman” and that in the particular circumstances his description of her as emotional and tearful was dismissive and belittling”, the tribunal found.