Automatically unfair dismissal for reason connected with pregnancy

• Author:
• Philip Bartlett

Ramdoolar -v- Bycity Ltd - Employment Appeal Tribunal - UKEAT/0236/04/DM

In this case, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) held that for a dismissal to be automatically unfair under the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999, it is necessary for the tribunal to be satisfied that the employer knew of, or believed in, the existence of the pregnancy. It is not enough that symptoms of pregnancy existed which arguably, or in fact, the employer ought to have realised meant that the employ... (969 more words)

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