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24.05.2023 - 04:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A new mum has been awarded £17,500 after a chain of vape shops advertised her sales job then sacked her while she was pregnant.
Sintija Gaikniece, 25, was dumped from her sales job at VPZ in Forfar last June. Bosses told the mum-to-be that there had been complaints about her “attitude” from customers, without evidence.
She then discovered that a job ad had been placed for her replacement a few days before she was let go. An employment tribunal agreed with her claim that the firm had been scheming to get rid of her, and ordered VPZ to pay compensation.
Speaking to the Record, Sintija said: “I was so shocked. I was six months pregnant with a child on the way.
“I don’t think they wanted someone gone for so long on maternity leave and to have to pay me while I was off. So I think they came up with a reason to fire me and they had a job advert ready to replace me.”
Sintija began working for VPZ – an Edinburgh-based firm previously known as Vaporized – in January 2022. She discovered she was pregnant around two weeks into the job.
Managers told her that her maternity leave would be discussed, but she claims the conversation never happened. Unexpectedly, on June 29 she was pulled into the back office and sacked.
Sintija recalled: “At the end of June I had a probationary meeting with my boss, who said he had had complaints about my customer attitude.
“He didn’t tell me what it was, just that I hadn’t passed my probation and that I could leave now if I wanted. That was that. I went home and signed on for Universal Credit.”
With assistance from Maternity Action, a charity that battles pregnancy discrimination, Sintija lodged an employment tribunal claim.
But the stress of taking her old bosses to court exacerbated an existing anxiety
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