After the New Year has begun and our New Year resolutions have been made, some of us want to change our appearance for the better. We might join a gym or visit a hair salon, for example. Whether or not we sustain our urge to present ourselves to the world in a better way, recent research shows that we should take care. This might be very obvious when we are lifting heavy weights, but it is equally true when we are getting our hair dyed. (more…)
Woman receives £750 compensation for discrimination
A Romanian woman who worked as an accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers made a £40,000,000 compensation claim against her former employers after she claimed she was given an unfair reference following her resigning from work.
She claimed that the London firm treated her like a prostitute, forcing her to quit her job. However, she has been awarded just £750 in compensation for her trouble.
The tribunal found that she was indeed given an unfair reference by PricewaterhouseCoopers after she resigned in 2006, although they also ruled that her unfair reference was an isolated incident and she had not been mistreated during her time with the firm.
The panel ruled that the unfair reference didn’t impede her financially or in her career as she went on to land another, more lucrative, job.
We find that in no way whatsoever did the unlawful victimisation either prevent Miss Popa obtaining employment or cause her to lose employment.
There is no loss of chance in this case. This is simply a case of injury to feelings.
In the circumstances, we take the view that we are looking at an isolated incident of victimisation or retaliation.
Muslim girl wins compensation for sexual harassment at work
A Muslim girl has been awarded £3,000 in compensation after she was ordered to wear a red dress at work to serve drinks. The girl, thirty-three-year-old Fata Lemes quit her job when she refused to wear the dress. The tribunal denied her claims that the dress she was ordered to wear was sexually revealing, but still awarded her £3,000 because in her Muslim views the dress was too revealing.
Miss Lemes quit her job in the trendy London bar ‘Rocket’ claiming that she “might as well be naked” wearing the red dress. She stated:
I was brought up Muslim and am not used to wearing sexually attractive clothes.
She was awarded £2,919.95 for her emotional distress but her claim for compensation for £20,000 was rejected. The panel stated:
Her perception was that wearing the dress would make her feel as if she was on show. That perception was legitimate.
Religious order named in the Ryan report to pay compensation
Religious orders implicated in the Ryan report into sexual and physical abuse against children have stated that they will make further compensation payments to the victims. There is a compensation fund in place for claims against the religious orders, and that stands at over 1.3 billion Euros.
The report showed that the religious orders had abused children for decades in Ireland in Roman Catholic run institutions. The orders have apologised for the actions and have stated they will cooperate with (more…)
Man wins compensation after racial discrimination sacking
A man has won £65,000 in injury compensation after he was sacked from his job at the British Refugee Council for being black.
Forty-five-year-old Emmanuel Obikwu and a colleague from Tanzania were sacked when the office was restructured, while their white colleagues were moved to new positions. This left every worker in the office white.
A tribunal has now ruled that he was unfairly dismissed and was the subject of racial discrimination. As a result of the sacking Mr Obikwu claims to have suffered stress and anxiety, has had (more…)
Rape victims seek compensation from attacker
John Worboys, the taxi driver who drugged and raped his victims, is being pursued for injury compensation by the women he attacked. The compensation claim is expected to extend into the millions as the women look to receive financial remuneration for their emotional distress.
John Worboys was found guilty of raping his victims, and 12 counts of drugging women passengers in his black cab. Another 75 women claim to have been drugged and attacked by Worboys, who use to be a male stripper before he was a taxi driver.
Alison Ludwell, a lawyer in Leeds, has been in contact with some of the sex attacker’s victims looking for injury compensation. She believes the action against Mr Worboys could run into (more…)
Man makes compensation claim after sex attack
A man who was abused as a child by his scoutmaster is seeking compensation for the emotional distress caused by his attacker. 64 year old Roy Mercer was jailed in 2007 for six years. Now the man he assaulted is seeking a compensation claim in the region of £100,000.
The man is now 43 and is one of three children who were sexually abused by Roy Mercer. During his trial Mercer admitted 31 different cases of sexual assault against the three children in a 30 year period.
The man claims that the Scout Association should be held “vicariously liable” for the acts that he was forced to go through at the hands of Roy Mercer.
The Scout Association is expected to (more…)
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