If you’re writing an email to your female coworkers later today, try to remember not to address them as “gents”. It may sound like an obvious thought, but the term has officially been flagged by an employment tribunal as inappropriate.
The ruling is a result of a sex discrimination complaint from a female employee at Royal & Sun Alliance, one of the Britain's biggest insurance companies, who claimed her boss was biased against her during the redundancy process due to her gender.
