I’m 6 & 1/2 months pregnant and today I was dismissed OVER THE PHONE by my male boss!

2 weeks ago I handed in a doctor’s certificate that said I can no longer do any heavy lifting, no stretching and bending to get boxes up and down off of shelves and to do light duties only!

(dusting at my height, no lower or higher, working on the cash register, sweeping of the floor, pricing items ect)

my female boss said with a smile on her face

“Is this your resignation.”

I replied

“No it’s a medical certificate saying that I can’t do these things anymore.”

She didn’t seem very happy about it at all!

Before I handed in the note, for weeks I was telling her it was hurting me to lift boxes and stretch ect and that’s why I got the doctor’s certificate.

Anyway, last week I didn’t get put on the roster and my female boss messaged me saying because they had so much stock and I couldn’t do any lifting that she wasn’t putting me on, which I was fine with (at least she messaged me)

Then last night I was waiting for this weeks roster to come out to see what days I was working, and I didn’t get it. I messaged her saying,

“hey, I was just wondering if you’ve sent the roster out yet, if you have I haven’t received it 🙂”

I was waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting for a response, but I didn’t get one. So this morning I messaged my male boss saying,

“Hey, I messaged last night saying I didn’t get the roster but haven’t got a response and was just wondering if I’m working at all this week, kind regards Kayleigh”

By 12:40 pm, I still didn’t get a response, (I messaged him at 9:30 am) so I called my female boss first, she didn’t answer me, so then I called the male boss.

He picked up and this was our conversation.

Him “Hi”

Me “hey! I’m not sure if you got my message but I haven’t got the roster, I just wanted to know if I’m working at all this week”

Him “my wife said she messaged you”

Me “no, I’m sorry I don’t have a message from her”

Him “okay well we haven’t put you on as there is more stock, and giving the circumstances that you can’t lift anything, it makes things harder for us, you know you can’t just do the cash register, we need someone who can do everything, so we don’t really need you anymore”

Me “oh okay, no worries”

And before I could ask if this was me being dismissed or what I should do, he hung up on me....

I called my mum and told her the conversation and what had happened, she then rang him. I rang my mum back 10 minutes later (she was at work) and she told me the whole conversation.

Long story short ...

My mum kindly asked for him to put it all in writing, (why they fired me ect)

(so now I go to Centrelink and use my medical certificate and the dismissal letter at proof and try and get some money as now I don’t have any income at all and I still have my phone bill to pay and I put in $50 every week into my bubbas account)

Then My male boss denied that he said that to me (but then admitted it to my mum further along the conversation) and then asked my mum if she was making a case against him.

my mum said she wasn’t and then he said he didn’t want to put it in writing and that I should just go to Centrelink without it.

My mum said to him that that’s not how things work and that he can either write a letter or email to me or we will go and make a case against him as he’s firing me for being pregnant (unfair dismissal) as I still could of done other duties.

He said he will write me an email but it won’t be till the middle of the week as he is busy.

My mum then said to him

“If my daughter wasn’t pregnant, would she still be working for you?”

And he answered.

“Yes, but because she can’t lift or do any heavy duties we don’t need her as we need someone who can do everything as it’s our workplace nature”

When I told my female boss I was pregnant, she walked away from me and came back and said

“Well we will have to fire you eventually and look for someone else”

They are not very nice People and I’m glad I don’t work there anymore as my female boss was always so mean to me about my pregnancy, but I stayed because I was saving every cent I could for my unborn son! But now I’m going to struggle with money, I’m hoping there is something that Centrelink can help me with 🙁

Sorry, I just needed to rant about it as I’m now a little stressed with money! If anyone has experienced ANYTHING like this at all, please feel free to share your stories 💓