A woman has won an age and sex discrimination case after her male boss shouted she ‘must be in her menopause’.
Leigh Best, left, will be awarded a £20,000 payout from David and Andrea Fletcher, owners of Embark on Raw
Owner David Fletcher shouted the ‘inappropriate and derogatory’ remark ‘at the top of his voice’ during a ‘relatively small’ argument over an order mix-up – even though his employee had made it clear she did not wish to discuss menopause.‘[Mrs Best] put her hands over her ears and said, “I am having none of that, I don’t even want to hear about it, I don’t want to know.”
Alongside complaints about discrimination, she had also raised concerns about the way the company and staff were dealing with the pandemic.Mr and Mrs Fletcher sacked their employee in May 2020 after she complained about his behaviour towards her
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