A WHSmith worker has won more than £25,000 after she was forced to work on Saturdays and even had to bring her daughter to work. Jacqueline Keating, who was the sole carer for her eight-year-old child at the time, asked not to work at weekends because she did not have anyone to look after her.
But her 'frustrated' boss told her she had to work a four-hour shift on the Saturday and find her own replacement if she could not do it, an employment tribunal was told. She was forced to quit and sued the high street chain for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.
And she has now been awarded £25,558.55 in compensation after the panel found that forcing women, as primary caregivers, to work on Saturdays put them at a disadvantage. Ms Keating first began working at the popular chain in Bromley, south London in October 2015 on a 20 hour contract plus a further eight if that was required, the panel heard.
