Woman awarded €10k after tribunal hears she was fired a day after revealing miscarriage

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A hotel has been ordered to pay €10,000 compensation to a woman who was fired one day after she told her boss that she had suffered a miscarriage.

Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Shay Henry has found that the hotel Duty Manager was discriminated against on the gender ground under the Employment Equality Acts and has ordered the hotel to pay the woman the compensation.