Legal Update : Sexual Harassment

Employment Law – Sexual Harassment

A female banker, a former equity saleswoman, won her case for sexual harassment and was  awarded £3.2m by the Central London Employment Tribunal.  According to the claimant, her male colleagues working at Sberbank CIB said she was a cocaine addict; the former employee also took a drug test that was negative. Her male colleagues also made offensive and derogatory remarks about her.

The Employment Tribunal awarded:

• £3.14m for loss of earnings
• £44,000 for injury to feelings; and
• £15,000 in aggravated damages.

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