Mr Kabir did not respond to her message until 1 December, when he said: “Hey hope ur OK u [sic] probably guessed by now will need to try and find someone to be in the office as we’re falling behind on work I just want to say I hope you don’t take it personally or see us as bad but we are really struggling.
When Ms Miluska had to leave work early due to "increasing nausea" from her pregnancy, she wrote a message to her line manager Mr Kabir, the panel heard.
The next evening, Mr Kabir responded and asked Ms Miluska if she might work a few days next week "and finish [at] 4pm so it's not too much.".
The tribunal judge said there were “no other text messages” between the pair until 26 November when Mr Kabir asked Ms Miluska how she was feeling.
Paula Miluska was fired by Ammar Kabir, who sent her a "deliberately vague" message when she was ill, stating that the company was "struggling" and that it needed to find someone who could be in the office, according to a decision by the employment tribunal.
