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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
George Lithgow

Baby products retailer breached maternity rights of own employee

Mothercare invented a ‘sham’ redundancy situation to sack the mother (Alamy/PA) -

Baby products brand Mothercare breached the maternity rights of an employee when it sacked her and replaced her with a man, an employment tribunal has ruled.

The retailer, which is described on its website as being “passionate about helping parents and children create their life stories”, invented a “sham” redundancy situation to get rid of the mother, the tribunal found.

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