Gretty needs legal advise and visits your office at the Legal Aid Clinic located on Old Hope
Question:
Gretty needs legal advise and visits your office at the Legal Aid Clinic located on Old Hope Road. Getty explains that she has been fired because she is 8 months pregnant and cannot work anymore and was told that she cannot get maternity leave.
Gretty explains that she started working with the company in March 2013 and her colleague Michelle was granted maternity leave in October 2013. Gretty also indicated that she has been continuously employed by the employer for a period of not less than fifty-two weeks at the date on which her absence begins. She feels that her supervisor doesn't like her and this is why she was she was forced to leave her job.
Grettyalso alleges, that her boss was underpaying her because she was only earning
$20,000.00 per month and he did not pay her for overtime but claimed that her working hours were from 6:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. She now wishes to sue her former employer.
Advise Gretty on the procedure concerning maternity leave and explain the minimum wage in Jamaica.