A bank worker has won £22,000 after her boss rang her while she was off sick and on holiday to ask her not to post pictures of cakes on Facebook. Victoria Lindsay, who suffers from PTSD, was signed off work with severe anxiety but continued to experience distress due to regular check-up calls from the manager, an employment tribunal heard.
The HBOS manager - named only as Ms Jallow in the tribunal's ruling, unreasonably questioned the mortgage adviser's medication and without any justification insisted she ask her doctor for a review of it. When Ms Lindsay took a family holiday, just a day into the trip Ms Jallow then called her to tell her to 'be mindful' about posting pictures of cakes she baked on Facebook.
Ms Jallow warned her about the 'impact' posting images of her cakes would have on colleagues while she was off sick - but Ms Lindsay explained it was simply a hobby which was 'therapeutic' for her mental health. The call on December 17 last year caused Ms Lindsay such distress she suffered a 30 minute panic attack in front of two of her children and she later resigned.
