Discrimination | Pregnant worker branded 'emotional & hormonal' wins £350k

A pregnant employee who was labelled “very emotional and tearful” by her boss after raising concerns about her workload, has been awarded £350,000 by an employment judge.

Nicola Hinds was handed the six-figure compensation on the grounds of pregnancy discrimination, after boss stereotyped her as “an emotional, hormonal pregnant woman”, with an employment judge declaring at a previous hearing that 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.