Emma Hughes wins €35,000 for pregnancy discrimination

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Emma Hughes won €35,000 for pregnancy-related discrimination in a Workplace Relations Commission decision reported on 3 December 2024.

WRC adjudicator Catherine Byrne found that Hughes’s employer discriminated against her on gender grounds after her pregnancy announcement and ordered compensation equal to one year’s gross salary.