by A tribunal that dresses a colleague of a colleague “conservative” can be heard as “a slur”.
A male employee who makes such a remark is guilty of being “objectified” of his colleagues, who could see them as “less than free”, an employment judge said.
The verdict came in the case of Jessie Danquah, a business consultant at Shell who was released after the “bullying” colleague Naim Masud. He then sued his employer for discrimination due to the “philosophical belief in modesty”.
Judge Adam Leith, who dismissed his claim, said it was “objectively inappropriate” from him to say that his colleague was “conservative” in comparison to others, which “have her breasts out”.
It could have been interpreted by Ms. Masud as a “grumpy” or other “less than free” adjectives, he said.
Comments were “inappropriate”
The tribunal, which took place in Croydon in the southeast of London, heard that Mr. Danquah was employed in April 2022 as a management consultant of £ 26,000 a year for the FDM Group, a supplier of Business Support Services. In August of this year he was sent to Shell to a placement, where Ms. Masud worked.
In September of this year he visited one from Shell in Bar Elba, a cocktail bar in Waterloo, Central London, organized work, where he made Ms. Masud alleged comments, including: “I did not expect people to be outside as late.”
The tribunal heard that Mr. Danquah was asked when he was asked what he said: “Muslim girl”. With regard to her personality and hijab, he was also called “Ms. Masud” conservative “.
Mr. Danquah said that the “conservative” remark should confirm his conviction that “she had worried”.
A few days after this incident, Ms. Masud said Mr. Danquah that she believed that his behavior was “unprofessional” and that his comments were “inappropriate”.
Ms. Masud reported on the comments on the HR department, and when Mr. Danquah found that he had “voluntarily suspended” his work. He was officially suspended later in September.
Mr. Danquah apologized for the “conservative” remark, but said that it was “objectively true” and not “she” heated up.
“Violation of bullying policy”
After deciding that his placement at Shell was not continued, Mr. Danquah sent an e -mail to Ms. Masud, who threatened to sue her for defamation.
In November 2022, he took part in a disciplinary assembly, in which it was found that the e -mail was “gross misconduct”. He was then released by the FDM group because of these and several other cases of misconduct.
Mr. Danquah was announced that his “conservative” comment was a violation of the “bullying and harassment policy of the company and with Ms. Masud’s sex, religion and faith”.
He sued FDM for discrimination based on breed, sex and faith and claimed that he had organized “a philosophical belief in modesty”.
Judge Leith said his claims and said: “On the basis of the evidence before the evidence we are not satisfied [Mr Danquah] I really stated the belief that he had to believe in the relevant times. “
