Il lavoratore riceve £ 17.000 dopo che il boss lo chiama Weirdo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyqryeql7zo
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Il lavoratore riceve £ 17.000 dopo che il boss lo chiama Weirdo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyqryeql7zo
di Forward-Answer-4407
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Read the article, seems fair. Head of business punches down at autistic employee
When I was working at Morrisons a girl at work had a knife pointed at her and waved around by the manager because she mentioned having to leave due to university in a few months. Also saw a woman get bit by a Rat in a cafe owned by a Duke, the cafe was in the castle he also owned. makes me wonder if those people could get compensation and how that would even go about happening.
Misleading headline is misleading. The worker is autistic and said that it essentially hard to work with the music so loud, which can be a huge sensory issue first people with autism. Their employer said “Why can’t you be ordinary and perfect like the rest of us?”.
Full story:
A children’s centre worker who was called a weirdo by his boss has been paid more than £17,000 after a tribunal judge found the comment violated his dignity.
Nicholas James, who is autistic, complained in 2023 that he could not work properly at The Venture in Wrexham because of music being played, which affected his ability to concentrate.
The employment tribunal in Cardiff heard chief officer Malcolm King joked to him: “Why can’t you be ordinary and perfect like the rest of us? But no, jokes aside, having always been something of a weirdo myself, I have some sympathy.”
Judge Stephen Jenkins said the comments were “inappropriate” given Mr King’s position and, on reflection, he agreed.
Mr Jenkins told the tribunal these comments came from the chief officer, “the most senior person within the executive structure of the organisation”.
“In the circumstances, we were satisfied that the comments did involve unwanted conduct which had the effect of violating the claimant’s dignity,” he added.
I’m not usually supportive of these kinds of lawsuits but the guy is autistic and was seemingly suspended in part because of some kind of bias the charity head had against him. Considering he was seen as weird due to things related to his condition its pretty blatantly discrimination..
As usual the headline doesn’t tell the whole story. Seems pretty reasonable after reading the article.
These come up a lot, headline takes one out of context incident from a tribunal, then you read the case and then you see the money is justified.
I don’t see what’s so offensive about the comment the manager made. Clumsy and baldy worded, but clearly a joke.
Hopefully future employers google the successful winner so they are aware what liability they might take in.
>having always been something of a weirdo myself, I have some sympathy
I wonder how many of these inappropriate remarks we hear of come from people who are just as socially inept as the people they manage.