A cashier at one of Britain's biggest casinos has won £75,000 after an employment tribunal ruled that colleagues excluding her from a work night out was victimisation. Rita Leher claimed she felt 'shunned' by colleagues and was the only one not invited to cocktail bar Las Iguanas for drinks.
Fellow cashiers even 'insensitively' organised the social event in front of her, the tribunal heard. Now, the 51 year old has been awarded £74,113 after a tribunal judge ruled that deliberately excluding a colleague from work drinks amounts to victimisation.
Excluding an employee is a 'detriment at work' as they 'lose the opportunity to bond with colleagues', Employment Judge Sarah Moor said in her ruling. Ms Leher, who is of mixed black African heritage, also won claims of unfair dismissal, race and age discrimination.
