
The court ordered the company to pay compensation to a woman who was forced to resign after announcing maternity leave.
A Singaporean woman has won compensation in the amount of 19.8 thousand Singapore dollars through the court after her bosses forced her to resign due to her pregnancy.
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A resident of Singapore got a job in 2021, but after announcing her pregnancy and going on maternity leave in 2023, she faced pressure from management.
A Singaporean woman has sued her boss for forcing her to quit while she was pregnant. Mothership writes about this.
The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, took the job in 2021. Two years later, she received 3.3 thousand Singapore dollars (217 thousand rubles) and was characterized only from the best side. However, after she announced that she was going to go on maternity leave in October 2023, the attitude towards her changed dramatically. Due to complications late in her pregnancy, the Singaporean had to go to hospital in mid-September.
The boss immediately began writing to her and asking for a telephone conversation. In the end, she agreed and was told that she no longer “fit into management’s new vision for the team,” would be fired as soon as she returned from maternity leave, and would have to re-interview if she wanted to return, although she had previously been recognized at the meeting for her excellent work.
The woman resigned of her own free will in December 2023, but then went to court. Now the judge has ruled that she was forced to leave her job and awarded compensation in the amount of 19.8 thousand Singapore dollars (1.3 million rubles).

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