A senior female executive has won more than £1.2 million after her job was given to someone else whilst she was off sick with breast cancer.
Andrea Wainwright was left feeling 'traumatised and broken' when she found out on Linkedin that a colleague had taken over her role, an employment tribunal heard.
The 48-year-old 'fighter' - who was paid more than £80,000 a year - discovered the move by the banking services firm she was employed by just three months after taking time off work to undergo chemotherapy.
When she was well enough to return, she made an official complaint about her treatment and then resigned.
Five years later she won her claim for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal after successfully suing cashpoint firm Cennox.
