An expectant mum says she was sacked suddenly 11 days ago from her beloved job of more than eight years -- just four weeks before starting her maternity leave.
The devastated process worker said it was the last thing she expected when a new company recently took over the small business.
She says she has no doubt she was sacked because of her baby bump.
Despite spending the past six years on the same factory line, Ms Frew said she was the only worker not offered a new agreement or offered her job back.
Instead, she claims her new employer, Continental Manufacturing (Pearce Pharmaceuticals), told her there were too many good applicants and gave her job to a permanent casual.
Ms Frew found that Continental had failed to buy the previous owner's ACN number.
There was no transmission of business and the old employment agreements did not stand.
Ms Frew said she was given no severance pay. "I've got nothing, which is going to make it very hard when the baby arrives," she said.
Continental Manufacturing denies sacking Ms Frew or discriminating against her.
Group general manager John May said had Continental not stepped in, all the workers would have been looking for a new job. "We bought the assets of the business, not the business," he said.
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