A trainee optician has won nearly £15,000 for pregnancy discrimination after she was dismissed following leave she took for having a miscarriage.

Around one in four pregnancies will, sadly, end in a loss.

One in four pregnancies in the UK end in loss during pregnancy or birth and therefore it is likely that in any organisation, a number of employees will have been or will be affected by baby loss.

A new study found 22% of women who told their boss they were going through fertility treatment experienced unfair treatment at work.

Only a quarter (25%) of employees who experienced pregnancy or baby loss in the past five years received paid compassionate leave from their employer, according to research from the CIPD.

Rather than rely on standard sick leave, buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has introduced a policy entitling those who have suffered a miscarriage to up to six weeks of paid annual leave.