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Sep 2023
Fair dismissal following a refusal to return from maternity leave
In the recent case of Parsons v International Forest Products (UK) Limited the tribunal held that Ms Jowita Parsons (“the Claimant”) claims for unfair dismissal, indirect discrimination and pregnancy and maternity discrimination against International Forest Products (UK) Limited (“the Respondent”) should be dismissed. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as an import coordinator from…