£17,560 for pregnancy dismissal/harssment

In Emma Nicholson v Network Global Solutions a boss hired a former Miss Great Britain finalist because her looks would make her a good salesperson. She was bullied into posing topless during a sales training day - with the photograph later pinned up on a noticeboard. She told them she was pregnant and had her company car removed and her work possessions dumped in her front garden. She was later sacked. After the first hearing last March her boss bought a racehorse and named it Emma Told Lies. This did not impress the Tribunal. The company were lucky to get away with an award of £17,560. The final line of the Sunday Mirror report may suggest why....

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