Woman awarded compensation after 'all Chinese run chip shops' comment

17 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

A woman has been awarded nearly £10,000 in compensation after a paralegal offended a colleague by saying ‘all Chinese run chip shops’. An employment tribunal heard Sherlando Sutherland mention her grandmother was Chinese and paralegal David Bridge then shocked her by asking: “Does she own a chip shop, all Chinese own chip shops?” The hearing … Read more

Beatty: Rogers’ public apology for crude comment followed maskless, ‘mumbled’ floor exchange

9 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

When Rogers allegedly leveled profanity at Beatty, “I told him I would not be disrespected — that I was a colleague of his, and I was a Black woman, and I wasn’t going to be bullied by him. I actually told him he picked the wrong woman today, because I wasn’t going to be bullied … Read more