 The mum-of-two said: 'I just sat there and tears streamed down my face. 'Just from the sheer relief that it was worth it – worth all of the stress, all of the effort and worth everybody saying 'why not just walk away and move on?'.' She added: 'It was a complete relief. "I was conscious that what had happened was morally wrong but might not have broken the right legal criteria. "Fortunately I had a really great judge and panel and because of the work I had put in it was quite clear that employment law had been broken.' Donna, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, first worked at Morrisons in 2008 before leaving and later retur){kind=link}
Mum Donna Patterson, 38, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, successfully represented herself despite having no legal training in her battle with Morrisons and won over £60,000
A new mum has won a £60k pay out from Morrisons after it changed her role and forced her to work full-time following maternity leave.
Donna Patterson, 38, said she was “gaslighted” into taking on the extra hours, and later launched legal action after developing work-related stress.
The ex-buyer spent five days cross-examining eight former colleagues – despite having no legal training – using meeting minutes to show how managers had “questioned” her priorities after she fell pregnant.
And a judge ruled that she should receive £60,442.25 in compensation after hearing the grocery giant had planned to demote her after she said she was having a baby.