A solicitor allegedly described by a manager as a ‘ballbreaker’ has been awarded more than 150,000 for the sex discrimination and unfair dismissal she suffered at work.
In a remedy judgment, employment Judge Jones, sitting in the east London hearing centre, awarded Helena Biggs 53,840 for injury to feelings and 28,581 for past lost wages. With interest and other extras included, the total awarded to Biggs was 151,811.
The shipping specialist had worked for City of London insurance business A Billborough & Company Ltd for almost 14 years but had been paid less than her male colleague for five years after they were both promoted to associate director.
The tribunal had heard that when Biggs had told the claims director of her firm that she was pregnant, he had gone directly to another female employee and told her to ‘keep her legs shut’. The same director had then commented that a friendship between Biggs and a female client might be because the client was a lesbian. He had claimed in his evidence he was pointing this out to 'protect' Biggs.
When Biggs and a male colleague were allocated work, another claims director said he could not give her a particular fleet because she was a woman. Biggs was told that the operators of the fleet held sexist views and could not be forced to work with her.
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