We are taught from a young age not to discriminate against other people because of their heritage, race or colour of their skin. Most children understand that it is wrong to single out and pick on another person simply because they are of a different background to them, so why is it that professional adults cannot abide by the same law?
A Bradford solicitor, who joked that she was, 'a friend of Osama Bin Laden' because of her Muslim heritage has won a landmark case in racial discrimination after she was suspended from working at her law firm because of her comments. The comment led to her being suspended from her place of work even though it was made in obvious jest, and she even stated that she was totally against the 9/11 bombings.
A Bradford employment tribunal demanded for her to be reinstated and issued a full and unequivocal apology, declaring that there was, 'not a shred of evidence' to support the treatment of the solicitor. Funnily enough, the Bradford lawyer, who hired a Bradford employment solicitor and embarked on a seven year legal battle that cost the taxpayer 500,000 in additional costs said that she would have been happy with a simple apology at the time and to let the whole thing blow over.
She claimed that she was sure that this treatment would not have occurred had she been any race other than Muslim and Asian and stated that this case was about the principle, not the money. Enforcing this claim, she is using the pay out to help construct an orphanage in Pakistan.
The employment tribunal stated that for such a public body that the lawyer worked for, who have a responsibility to act in a proper and decent manner, to act in the manner that they did could only be described as astonishing as any employer acting the way that the bosses in question had acted was unacceptable. Apparently, 'serious' questions had to be asked about who is ultimately responsible and the chain of command that could lead to such an incident taking place to find out where the buck stops.
Contact a Bradford employment solicitor today if you feel that you have been discriminated against at work, perhaps because of your race or heritage or maybe because of something totally different but just as important, to see if you can claim the compensation that you deserve.
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