Cancer survivor receives £50k after 'stickler' boss' treatment

An employee who battled and survived cancer has also won a legal battle against her employer, who accused her of not doing a ‘single day’s work’ whilst undergoing treatment.

Eimear Coghlan, 34, was awarded £50,000 of compensation by a judge at an employment tribunal, after it ruled she had been victim of 'plainly unfavourable treatment'.

Coghlan was a PA and Office Manager for Poonam Dhawan-Leach at The Hideaways Club (UK), a luxury property investment firm based in Kensington, West London.

Whilst Coghlan was initially treated with sympathy by her employer, the tribunal found that the relationship between Leach and Coghlan became 'frayed' two months after her diagnosis in December 2014 - The Daily Mail reports.