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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jamie Grierson

Man loses sex discrimination claim after boss says ‘sorry boys’ at awards do

A tray of champagne flutes
At the company’s Christmas party, prizes were awarded to employees. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award.

Nathan Blakeley, 27, was left so deflated after missing out on a prize at the Christmas party that he launched legal proceedings against the firm in Hampshire on the grounds that he had been overlooked due to his male gender.

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