A woman whose boss slapped her bottom with a ruler during a meeting has won £90,000 after settling her sexual harassment claim
A woman whose boss slapped her bottom with a ruler during a meeting has won £90,000 after settling her sexual harassment claim.
The woman, who has not been named to protect her identity, was told to stand up and turn around by a male manager during the meeting at a firm in Northern Ireland last year.The manager who slapped her laughed and said:"I'm sorry, I had to." The woman, who eventually quit her job in protest at her treatment, looked at the other male manager and asked:"Is that allowed?"The woman said she felt so humiliated and embarrassed that she could not initially tell her mother or her boyfriend, and she refused to return to work until the matter was addressed.
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