Claimants awarded 11k after HR advised them to ‘get it over with’ when informing them of culprit’s return to work
20 April 2026
A council has been ordered to pay 11,600 to two female employees after an HR manager suggested they should “just bump into” a colleague who had committed a sexual offence outside of work and “get it over with”.
Two Bridgend County Borough Council employees brought claims after a male colleague exposed himself to them during an encounter outside working hours in June 2023.
Despite the incident, and although he later pleaded guilty to outraging public decency and received a non-custodial sentence, he was not dismissed and returned to work in October 2023.
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A Cardiff tribunal found that the employee’s behaviour did count as sexual harassment, as it was unwanted and violated the claimants’ dignity.
However, the tribunal decided the incident took place “outside the course of employment”, because of when and where it took place. This meant the claim of sexual harassment failed.
The claimants’ complaints of harassment related to sex succeeded and they were each awarded 5,000 for injury to feelings, plus 801 in interest, bringing the total award to 11,602.
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