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6 May 2014

Author:
Cara Waters, SmartCompany (Australia)

Court awards $174,000 after small business said pregnancy was “not a good look” [Australia]

The Federal Court has awarded a photographer $174,000 in compensation after finding she was subject to pregnancy discrimination by her employer Piccoli Photography…[and] forced to resign from her job as a result of Piccoli Photography’s response to her pregnancy…Sagona was told if she insisted on returning to work after the summer holidays she could only do so in a “behind the scenes capacity”…because it “was not a good look” for customers to see a pregnant woman working in the business and this would make the Piccolis look like they were “slave drivers”…Christine Piccoli told SmartCompany the Piccolis are considering appealing the case. “Our business was disrupted for about two years, we tried to settle as well on occasions which did not happen, we did everything we possibly could,” she says…