Employment Law : Sexual Harassment – April 2015

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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