Childcare centre fined for pressuring pregnant employee to resign

The Federal Court has slapped a fine of $13,500 on the operator of a Perth childcare centre and it has been ordered to pay $5,000 compensation to an employee it pressured into resigning, ironically, after she became pregnant.

WKO, which operates the Dinky Di Child Care Centre at Innaloo, was ordered to cough up and Justice Michael Barker ordered the centre's manager and part-owner, Orieta O'Leary, to pay the penalty and compensation if the business fails to do so.

O'Leary admitted being responsible for WKO breaching the discrimination provisions of the Fair Work Act in relation to a 28-year-old full-time employee who became pregnant.

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