£28k payout | Worker laid off after returning from maternity leave pregnant again

An admin worker was let go from her job after telling her employer she was pregnant while preparing to return from maternity leave.

Nikita Twitchen, a former Office Administration Assistant at Genu Prima Ltd, (trading as First Grade Projects), won a claim for unfair dismissal and pregnancy discrimination, resulting in compensation of more than £28,000, after it was determined that her pregnancy was the principal reason for her dismissal.