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Donald Turvill

Ex Edinburgh social worker ‘humiliated and traumatised’ after being discriminated by bosses

A former social worker for Edinburgh Council was left 'humiliated and traumatised' after being discriminated against by bosses because of her race, a tribunal has found.

Edinburgh City Council has been ordered to pay £28,000 to the former employee who was subject to "entirely unreasonable" treatment - which it was said a person from the UK wouldn't have experienced.

The tribunal was left "astonished" at how managers acted toward the Lithuanian national, who was "on the verge of tears or in tears" whilst giving evidence last month.

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