A woman returning pregnant from maternity leave is not a case for dismissal - and there are biblical grounds for offering grace in these situations

‘Even when it costs us financially, we are called to do what is right,’ says Shakira Peronet, as she looks at the case of a woman who had to fight her employers for justice.

When Nikita Twitchen from Wales was on maternity leave she became pregnant again. She was employed as an administrative assistant at a building company called First Grade Projects. When her employer found out she was pregnant, she was made redundant on other grounds. 

Nikita launched an unfair dismissal claim and won her case this year. She was given a payout of more than £28,000.

I am a woman who has just gone back to work a fortnight ago after maternity leave, and yet my immediate reaction when I saw the headline, was to think; “Can you blame them?!” I imagined being a business owner with a five year plan, waving off a colleague for a year or so, only for them to return, and say they’ll be leaving again soon. I’d be fuming!