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Antony Thrower & Jamie Lopez

Ukrainian Asda worker wins £62k after 'campaign of racial harassment' by supermarket

A former Asda worker has been awarded more than £60,000 as a judge ruled she was subjected to racial discrimination in the workplace.

Svitlana Henderson, from Ukraine, worked for the retail giant for 15 years but handed in her notice in 2019 after a “lengthy campaign of harassment” lasting 14 months.

Mrs Henderson claimed at an employment tribunal she was treated differently during her time at the Accrington store as English was not her first language and because she was a “foreigner with a different work ethic.”

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