![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mother-wins-a60000-over-morrisons-discrimination/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127456641_patterson-index-bbc.jpg&description=Morrisons has been told to pay a mother £60,000 for discriminating against her when she returned from maternity leave.Donna Patterson, who returned to work after having her second child, was asked to fulfil the responsibilities of a full-time job despite only being contracted to work part-time hours. The mother-of-two represented herself at an employment tribunal and won after cross-examining eight witnesses.Morrisons said it was considering an appeal.Ms Patterson said she hopes her case helps others in similar situations.In an exclusive interview with BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Ms Patterson, who was a buyer in Morrisons' online business, said she had been offered a new role in the business, but when she told bosses she was pregnant the job "disappeared".While on maternity leave the supermarket restructured her department, she said, and when she returned to work she was asked to take on a full-time role, despite being a part-time member of staff.Ms Patterson said she was told she could do the job in her allotted hours, telling the BBC she was told to "prioritise things a bit better and get your head in the right place and get your mindset right"."I just felt like I was banging my head against a brick wall, that nobody was listening to me," she said.After being "called out" for "things not being finished on time", Ms Patterson filed a grievance and went through the company's internal process, which she said "just totally failed me".Left with no other option, Ms Patterson said she handed her notice in and began searching for solicitors to represent her at an employment tribunal. However, when she discovered the cheapest representation was £300 per hour, she decided to go it alone."What I wanted was to demonstrate to Morrisons what had happened, and what had gone wrong, and how I had been failed," she said.With the help of Pregnant Then Screwed, a charity that seeks to protect, support and promote the rights of pregnant women and mothers, Ms Patterson said she was abl){kind=link}
Morrisons has been told to pay a mother £60,000 for discriminating against her when she returned from maternity leave.
Donna Patterson, who returned to work after having her second child, was asked to fulfil the responsibilities of a full-time job despite only being contracted to work part-time hours.
The mother-of-two represented herself at an employment tribunal and won after cross-examining eight witnesses.
Morrisons said it was considering an appeal.
Ms Patterson said she hopes her case helps others in similar situations.