Holly Grant was just one week into her apprenticeship when supervisor Katie Thompson said it would be difficult for her to succeed as a mother to youngsters Rosemary and Juniper, a tribunal heard.
Ms Thompson also told her she was "skiving" by working from home on Fridays and said: 'You may as well not bother working at all."" Single and childless Ms Thompson told the tribunal she believed being a parent was a "barrier to success" at work as it would be for anyone with a "time-intensive hobby" like rowing.
Sacked
Judge However, Employment Christabel McCooey dismissed the firm's argument that it was concerned with Ms Grant's performance and said Ms Thompson's comments would not have been made to a man.
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