Employees ‘terrified of telling bosses they’re pregnant’

A beauty therapist was told her pregnancy was her own problem in what was described as a “particularly heartless” dismissal.

In the case before the Workplace Relations Commission, the WRC awarded the unnamed woman €5,179 under a number of breaches of employment legislation.

The bulk of the award at €4,000 is for the woman’s dismissal by a beauty salon for being pregnant when dismissed and circumstances around the dismissal.