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Orianna Rosa Royle

Woman fired after returning from maternity leave pregnant—again—gets $37,000 payout

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A mother has won more than £28,700 ($37,000) in compensation after her boss fired her for getting pregnant while she was already on maternity leave.

Nikita Twitchen was preparing to return to her office admin job at the British building services firm First Grade Projects after having a baby when she discovered she was pregnant again. 

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