| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2010] All ER (D) 23 (Sep) |
| Court: | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
| Judge: | Judge Peter Clark, Mr R Lyons and Mr M Worthington |
| Representation | Catherine Rayner (instructed by Thompsons) for the employee. |
| Judy Stone (instructed by the Equality & Human Rights Commission) for the employer. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 2 July 2010 |
Catchwords
Employment - Discrimination - Sex discrimination - Discrimination on grounds of pregnancy and maternity - Employee presenting complaint before employment tribunal alleging employer failing to notify her of internal job opportunity due to her maternity leave - Employment tribunal finding reason for treatment due to administrative error not fact of her maternity leave - Whether tribunal erring in law - Sex Discrimination Act, s 3A(1)(b).
The Case
Employment Discrimination. The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed the employee's appeal against a decision of the employment tribunal that the employee had not been less favourably treated by the employer on the ground that she had been exercising her statutory right to maternity leave when they had failed to notify her of an internal job opportunity contrary to s3A(1)(b) of the .
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