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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jon Harris & Lucy Skoulding

Woman wins £15,000 after boss tried to force her to work in the office during Covid

A call centre worker who quit her job in disgust after her boss ordered her back to her desk during the Covid-19 pandemic has won more than £15,000 in damages.

Administrator Bridget Regnante, 51, said she was too terrified to give up her work from home status as her 66-year old husband was shielding following treatment for cancer.

But her team leader Lawrence King suggested she was exaggerating her situation as she made regular shopping trips to Tesco to buy groceries for herself and husband of eight years Giuseppe.

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