My wife told her employer she is pregnant and as soon after was told of being made redundant.?

Thanks for the response.
Sorry to those where I posted under immigration.
Just frustrated and selected the wrong category.
All the best.

Has she been employed by the company on a full or part time basis for 6 months or longer. If so read below.



Discrimination and pregnancy
It's unlawful sex discrimination for employers to treat women less favourably because of their pregnancy or because they take maternity leave. Such treatment includes things like:

trying to cut your hours without your permission
suddenly giving you poor staff reports
giving you unsuitable work
making you redundant because of your pregnancy (you might still be made redundant for other reasons)
treating days off sick due to pregnancy as a disciplinary issue
Your employer can't change your terms and conditions of employment while you're pregnant without your agreement. If they do, they'll be in breach of contract.

Go to Citizen's Advice Bureau about this. It's illegal to sack someone for being pregnant, so the employer has to be able to prove they did everything right. If they made even one mistake, your wife can claim compensation.

Happened to a colleague of mine. The stupid b*stard even emailed her telling her that because she was pregnant she's going to be made redundant. She took him to court and 18 months later, after many solicitor letters and at great emotional and financial cost to her, she lost and even had to pay his court costs!

Pursue it if you want to as it is definitely against the law, but expect a long road which won't necessarily end in success.

If she has been there under 12 months there is nothing you can do, if someone has been taken on to replace her then you should seek help, there are solicitors who give half hour free sessions