That is absolutely disgusting!! She should definitely sue for unfair dismissal! that is discrimination and they should be embarassed for the way they treated her! is she with a union at all do you know? man i get so fired up when i hear that employers pull this kind of crap. And so what if she has a child, that is none of their damn business and just because of that it doesn't make her bad at her job, they should be understanding that children get sick. Obviously they dont have children and they should never have kids!! grrrr im so mad. Im so sorry that your friend is going through this!!! also get her to go to the media they love busting employers like this.