The Labour Court found that a company discriminated against a worker by dismissing her in circumstances linked to her pregnancy and awarded her €6,348.69 compensation. The determination was signed on 20 December 2001.
The worker, an office assistant, said criticism of her work began after she told her employer she was pregnant. The company said it dismissed her because of poor performance and an inability to meet the job’s requirements. It told the Court that other employees had worked during pregnancy without similar difficulties.
The Court noted that no complaints about her work had been made before she disclosed her pregnancy, and that the company had kept no written record of the performance discussions it described. It found the company had not shown exceptional circumstances unrelated to pregnancy to justify the dismissal. The Court held that she was dismissed in circumstances amounting to discrimination because of her gender and awarded compensation.