AN executive whose boss joked about how much weight she would gain while pregnant has won a ￡35,000 payout.
Male colleagues also asked Sally-Anne Shipp, 42, if the baby had been planned and when she stopped using contraception.
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Sally-Anne Shipp was asked by male colleagues if her was baby was planned
An employment tribunal heard the ￡100,000-a-year marketing director was fired on maternity leave after refusing to take a ￡20,000 cut to do the same job.
Male colleagues at London delivery service City Sprint who had role changes did not suffer reductions.
Mrs Shipp had told some colleagues she was expecting in February 2019.
Craig Eddy, director of operations, asked how she thought it would “affect her long-term career prospects”.
Mrs Shipp claimed then-CEO Paul Gisbourne said they should “wager how much weight she would put on” — a remark he has denied.
When on maternity leave, she was told her role was being made redundant.
Judge Harjit Grewal said she was then offered another on less money “to make it unattractive so that she would refuse it.”
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Ruling her dismissal unfair, the judge said: “Comments -created a degrading environment. This was a serious case of maternity discrimination.”
Mrs Shipp was awarded ￡30,000 for injury to feelings and ￡5,000 for another matter.
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Mrs Shipp claimed then-CEO Paul Gisbourne said they should 'wager how much weight she would put on' — a remark he has denied