Woman sacked due to pregnancy receives €10,000 from hotel

A LOUTH hotel has been ordered to pay a former worker €10,000 after the Equality Tribunal ruled that her dismissal was linked to her pregnancy.

The tribunal said the complainant, Mary Shelley, had established a prima facie case that she had been discriminated against on gender grounds against the Europa Hotel in Drogheda.

Ms Shelley claimed that she was advised to pack in her job or go sick after she informed the hotel management that she was pregnant in May 2003.