A whistle blower was awarded 168k after his concerns about bullying, racism, and sexual harassment were leaked to colleagues, including one who was named in the report, a tribunal heard.
Martyn Diamond Black presented evidence of “inappropriate sexual advances towards an employee, of a culture of harassment, of a culture of bullying, of breaches of Covid-19 quarantine measures [and] of racism in hiring” within the Bangalore offices of Alain Charles Publishing, a London-based publisher.
But the findings of his report were not properly investigated by Black’s manager, who was said to have a “striking” and “obvious loyalty” to the employee at the centre of the allegations, according to an employment judge.
Black, the company’s manager of Health, Safety and Security Forums, began investigating after he was approached by colleagues in their Bangalore office, about several disparaging reviews on the website Glassdoor.
He raised the matter with the firm’s Managing Director, Nick Fordham, who asked him to compile a written report on his interviews with staff members.
Black, a former Senior Non-Commissioned Officer with the British Army, produced a 31-page report which recommended that a member of staff at the centre of accusations, Ms S Subramanian, be suspended while HR launched an investigation.
However, Black was soon told by numerous employees that the content of the report had been shared with them or leaked to them. He told the tribunal he was “aghast” at this, and more so...
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