A black ambulance driver sued for racism claiming the phrase 'ten a penny' was related to slavery. Boss Dan Price used the phrase to Matthew Johnson after the employee told him he was going on a month-long honeymoon.
An employment tribunal was told that Mr Price made the remark to suggest that ambulance drivers like Mr Johnson were easy to find. But Mr Johnson insisted the commonly used idiom is racist and took his employers to the tribunal claiming discrimination.
The 'highly skilled' driver has now had his case thrown out after a judge ruled that none of his bosses had any idea the phrase was potentially connected to slavery. The Watford tribunal heard that Mr Johnson started work at the company in March 2018.
