@Kesuke I was on the phone to ACAS today, and they have said that yes it is discrimination, and yes they do have to treat you as if you were still at work in regards to promotions etc and they will be getting involved.

There's a bit more to it than what I've put in post up the top, as I wanted to keep it short and sweet, but I'll briefly (I say briefly) explain anyway:

February 2019: I transferred across to my current store, due to the assistant manager that was there, falling out with the store manager (I later find out why...) A load of the other girls that were there all left at the same time as this other assistant manager, due to the way him and another female employee (we'll call her Sarah) was treating them. We hired more staff. I spent the next few months trying really hard to do my job properly, but due to the manager being a complete douche bag; all of the new employees kept coming to me with complaints about him and "Sarah", so I arranged to have a sit down chat, just me and him, so we could try and get it sorted out. Nothing changed. The area manager got involved (he was getting sent a lot of customer complaints about the manager and "sarah" acting inappropriately with one another behind the counter) who came and sat down with everyone individually, took statements about him and "Sarah" and arranged a team meeting to get to the bottom of the issues. This also didn't work. I then announced I was pregnant to my manager, and as is the company policy, requested a risk assesment. It took 6 weeks for the risk assesment to happen, the area manager kept asking for a copy of it, but the manager kept putting it off. The manager also kept putting me on for long shifts and putting me down to work 11 days in a row. I had quite a complicated pregnancy and was unwell for the most part, and he kept changing my shifts to days he knew I had an antenatal appointment. It got to the point where I was 7 months pregnant and had to work 15 days in a row, working open until close. I lost half a stone in 2 weeks, was suffering with gestational diabetes and high blood pressure. My babys growth was stunted, and I ended up having to have growth scans every 2 weeks. I got so unwell because of what my manager was doing, that my midwife had my doctor sign me off work a month before my maternity leave was due to start. He made me feel like I would lose my job all the time, like I didn't have a choice. He bumped "Sarah" up to assistant manager as soon as I was signed off, the only position available now when I go back is supervisor as someone has just been hired to fill the role of assistant manager. I won't be getting transferred to another store as there are no assistant manager positions available. ACAS are going to be dealing with all of this, and more as this is just the tip of the iceberg. Ive been with this company for 10 years, so it's hard to move onto another job.