Pregnant woman.
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October 2021, Nikita Twitchen started working for a company in the town of Pontypridd, Wales. She says the working relationship with CEO Jeremy Morgan was “very good” and that he was “very responsive” when she needed to talk to him.
Shortly after starting the workplace, Twitchen became pregnant and she went on maternity leave in June 2022. On February 17 of the following year, she had a meeting with Morgan before she would soon start working again.
She says the meeting “started on a positive note” with Morgan telling her that the company was doing well and that he looked forward to her return to the workplace.
Towards the end of the meeting, however, the Twitch revealed that she was pregnant again, which according to her “came as a shock” to Morgan. He, for his part, states that he congratulated her, which she denies.
Must pay SEK 400,000
When her maternity leave ended, Twitchen felt uneasy because no one from the company contacted her about the date she would return to work.
On April 18, she received a call from Morgan who announced that she had been dismissed. The reasons given were financial problems for the company and the fact that new software had been purchased which would mean that her service “would no longer exist”.
She took him to court for unfair dismissal.
The labor court has now ordered Morgan to pay SEK 400,000 to Twitchen. Judge Robin Harvard referred to Morgan’s comments during the meeting with the Twitchen that things were going well for the company.
– No evidence has been presented for the alleged financial problems, says Harvard.
“We are extremely disappointed with the verdict”Morgan’s company writes to Wales Online.
