Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira £35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital...
Jon Robins reveals some hard truths about employment tribunal anomalies
Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira £35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital.
Elon was harassed on an almost daily basis over two years by his manager and supervisor, a particularly unpleasant father and son team. Taunts included: “F*** off back to Brazil, you Brazilian c**t”, and “All Brazilians have sex changes, when are you getting yours?” It wasn’t just verbal insults, Elon was also pushed around and his pay stopped.
As a result of a quirk in our legal system, employment cases are deemed “non-contentious” despite the self-evident truth that disputes between workers and bosses can be as bitterly fought as any other kind. This anomaly allows for the use of contingency fees (as opposed to bureaucratic, over-regulated conditional fees). Claimant employment lawyers point
