UK Court rules employers liable for workplace slurs

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UK Court rules employers liable for workplace slurs

03-09-2007, 01:01 PM,

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UK Court rules employers liable for workplace slurs

Quote:Employers are liable for the effects that homophobic abuse masquerading as banter has on workers, according to an Employment Tribunal ruling.

The Scottish ruling came just after a US case in which name calling was also penalised.

Three weeks ago, a Glasgow Employment Tribunal ruled against a firm in which an employee was called a "wee poof" and "a cream puff" and fired after just eight days of employment for being psychologically imbalanced. The man was awarded £118,000 in compensation.

Last week in the US a Californian court heard an appeal against disciplinary action taken against a pupil for saying "that's so gay"...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/09/...bic_abuse/

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