Woman fired because she was pregnant awarded €14k

A PIZZERIA owner has been ordered to pay €14,470 to a woman who was fired because she was pregnant.

A ruling from the Employment Appeals Tribunal said Agata Ciebien of Fern Court, Stepaside Park, Dublin 8, was working as a cleaner for Two for One Pizza Ltd in Greystones when she told her boss that she was pregnant in June 2007, just weeks into her pregnancy.

The company, managed by Greg O’Kane and trading as the Soul Kitchen, is based in Tesco Shopping Centre and hired Ms Ciebien in April 2007.