因为是兼职,看来是请不起no win no fee的律师了,一般律师费上个法庭都要7-8千镑,加上其它杂费12-15千镑是正常的。所以最后我能拿到的金额不知道能否支付律师费,律师们不接受我的no win no fee申请呀。我也没有拿政府福利,更不要谈及免费律师了,谁叫家里老公正直说我就是他老婆不变。
In order to have a case you’ll need to demonstrate that you had received discriminatory treatment/ unfair dismissal as a result of your pregnancy (or pregnancy related illness). In other words, not only do you have to show that your working conditions changed, you’ll also need to prove that the said changes took place because of your pregnancy.
Therefore the timeline is of some importance here. I couldn’t quite grasp the time when you informed your former employer about your pregnancy, by browsing through your other thread. I do apologise if I missed it.
Then with the timeline in mind the question you need to ask yourself is what had changed after you told your boss about your pregnancy.
I.e. Did you start receiving less or no works after it? Or was it a pre-existing problem?
If you really want to pursue this it may help to first sit down and write down the sequence of events.
With a clear mind you will enable your legal help to give you the best advice.
If you decide to take your former employer to court and end up winning the case against him, the court will order him to cover at least a part of your legal fees. But of course this is an issue which you’ll need to discuss with your solicitor.
Having said the above, with practicality in mind and as mentioned by others, moving on may not be such a bad idea if the result of the case doesn’t make a substantial difference to you financially.
I understand how terrible you must have felt but going through a lawsuit can be stressful. You’ll need to make sure this is really what you want to do especially as an expecting mum.
mm, 你去找找no win no fee 的律师,说的严重点,对你心里有影响,多要点赔偿,不用想你老板,court 会判给多少合理,你要要的少,律师不爱接案子,要的多,就算不给你那么多,也会合理的。 心里影响是主要的赔偿,不是你的工资主要。在告你老板种族歧视,这个在工作场合很严重的。尤其你还怀孕了。
律师费其实很贵的,特别是如果真得要上hearing, no win no fee律师在收费上更贵,因为他们要承担一定风险,其中一个律师告诉我,孕妇的心理赔偿金已经是很高了,相比普通的不合理解雇有最高限额的,而孕妇在法律上几乎是不设上额的,主要是孕期前后作为孕妇本身就要承受很大压力是弱势群体,看情况定金额,但一般来说能拿个10千左右,之后就是因为失去工作而作出的工资赔偿。普通不合理解雇也就赔几个月(少就1个月,如果那人一个月内已经找到了新工作,会更少),要看那人的工作能力等情况。而孕妇要面临的一个问题就是刚出生的孩子,找工作受到了很大限制几乎不可能,而且maternity leave之后3-6个月本来也是在法律保护期内,也不能被无理由解雇,所以一般都可以拿到一年或以上的工资(我这次要求的调解金额总数还少于一年的工资,所以我觉得自己已经做出了很大让步,主要还是心理压力大,上法庭我一定不会客气)。