Teenage girl sacked by text when she called in sick after suffering a miscarriage

Amy Larman, 18, from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, said she was sacked by her boss Adam Groves when she sent a message to him saying she would have to miss her shift after learning her baby's heart had died at 15 weeks. She says her boss replied saying he needed his staff to be reliable and told her he was letting her go from The Hollybush pub where she had worked for three months. She took their text messages to the press. Read after the cut...

Devastated Miss Larman, said she had held down the job for three months after taking on the role to earn money for her baby.

'I told him the situation and he had no absolutely no sympathy. He said he had to let me go because he could not have staff on the payroll who let him down. He knew I was pregnant - that's why he put me on part-time hours. You don't treat your staff like that. I think it's awful that I have had to go through this and when I'm down I get kicked"

 

Source: UK Daily Mail