6 h. ago Old workers discover if they're 'victims of age harassment' if young colleagues are loud

A tribunal judge has dismissed a case brought by Catherine Ritchie - an administrator in her 60s - that claimed her "boisterous" young co-staff's behaviour was age harassment

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12 h. ago Young chatty workers disturbing older colleagues ‘not age harassment’, tribunal rules

Workers in their 20s and 30s that may annoy by socialising found not to be breaking workplace equality rulesOlder employees who are disturbed by younger, more boisterous colleagues in the workplace are not victims of age harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled.Employees in their 20s and 30s may annoy more mature co-workers by chatting, socialising and looking at their phones but they are not breaking workplace equality rules, the tribunal said. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jet2 passenger left fuming after being given ‘world’s smallest armrest’ on £200 flight

Tom Pike, a financial services worker from Hackney, North London, was shocked to discover quite how small his armrest on a Jet2 flight from Menorda to London Stansted

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7 d. ago Telling a female colleague they dress conservatively could get you fired for sexual harassment

Describing a colleague as 'conservative' could be interpreted as 'frumpy' and a male employee who makes such a remark is guilty of 'objectifying' his co-worker.

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8 d. ago Boy sexually abused girl and told her she needed to learn 'how to make out'

William Doheny, now 20, sexually abused his victim when he himself was under the age of 16

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8 d. ago Yacht captain 'killed by toilet fumes' as marina worker makes horror discovery

A young man died on a boat in Italy in mysterious circumstances after he was hired as its skipper off the books and allegedly paid cash in hand

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1 week ago Police emergency call centre boss lied Ronan Keating was his cousin before sending fake messages 'from' the star to a married female colleague

Wayne O'Sullivan, 46, (left), harassed his married colleague Samantha Davis (right) by sending unwanted gifts and fake messages purporting to be from pop singer Ronan Keating (inset).

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2 w. ago Black warehouse worker wins £3,000 payout over colleague’s ‘slave’ graffito

Seedy Fofana sought £500,000 compensation over graffito that colleague in Gloucester did not mean as racial slurA Black warehouse worker has won a race harassment claim after a disgruntled colleague wrote the word “slave” on a piece of machinery.The colleague had meant it not as a racial slur but as an expression of his anger at, as he saw it, being overworked and underpaid, an employment tribunal heard. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hyperrealistic reconstructions reveal the faces of the Stone Age sisters who may have been victims of human sacrifice 6,000 years ago

Scientists have revealed the faces of two Stone Age sisters who may have been the victims of human sacrifice around 6,000 years ago.

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