Jeanie had been with ABC Company for two years as a merchandiser and got pregnant in the third year. After that her manager started criticizing her work and making remarks that she took too much time off for antenatal appointments and pregnancy-related sickness. After Jeanie had resumed work from maternity leave, her employer announced that they no longer needed her service and dismissed her. She was duly paid all her entitlements under the Employment Ordinance and given an employment reference letter.