£34,000 in damages for unfair dismissal

Compensation has been awarded to an art teacher who took legal action against her former school on the grounds of unfair dismissal. She alleged that she lost her job purely because bosses found out she was pregnant and an initial employment tribunal established that she had been unjustly sacked. She was granted around £34,000 in damages following a remedy hearing, in which it was confirmed the school had breached its contractual obligations.