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An employee was forced to resign due to her employer's "persistent" enquiries about her return to work during her pregnancy and parental leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The Oleochem Project Management offshore production chemist worked on a vessel off north-west Western Australia, on a three weeks on and three weeks off fly-in, fly-out basis.

In June this year, while on parental leave, she resigned, stating she felt like she had no other choice; she said she was "truly disappointed" in the employer's treatment of her over the previous 20 months, which had been "an absolute nightmare"...