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Jonathan Blackburn & Sophie Halle-Richards & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Woman dismissed and told to 'look for another job' because she was pregnant

A woman has won a discrimination case after she was told to "look for another" by her boss when her pregnancy left her unable to carry out certain physical aspects of her job.

Abbey Gannapureddy was demoted from her role as assistant manager at Ice Stone Gelato, a position she had held since September 2018, and was later dismiss because she was pregnant, an employment tribunal heard.

While working at the Cheshire ice cream shop pregnant, Mrs Gannapureddy was unable to reach the front ice-cream tubs in the counter or bend down to get cakes while serving customers, Manchester Evening News reports.

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