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ACCA employee wins discrimination claim over maternity leave comment


www.personneltoday.com | Ashleigh Webber

A social media marketer who was told ‘you had a baby at the wrong time’ and was not transferred into a role that matched her responsibilities in a restructuring exercise has won a maternity discrimination claim at an employment tribunal.

Ms Yongo, had been working at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 2019. Her main role was “marketing communications manager, social media” but she also carried out additional duties usually performed by the head of marketing services, for which she received a paid allowance.

Yongo was on maternity leave in March 2022 when she was informed about an organisational restructure.

During a meeting with the director of marketing Mr Jervis, who has since left the organisation, she was informed that her substantive role in social media was safe, but the head of marketing services role no longer existed.

A new, more senior, “social lead” role was on the proposed new organisational structure. She raised concerns about this role because she felt it would be similar to her position.

As part of this conversation, Jervis allegedly commented: “You had a baby at the wrong time”.

During a later grievance investigation, Jervis said he did not believe that he had made the comment, but if he had it “would have been as part of a human conversation rather than a professional one, it would’ve been part of a joke”. However, the employment tribunal found that his lack of categoric denial suggested that he had…


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