Sex bias victim seeks £500k award
28 August 2012
A woman former head of procurement is seeking £500,000 in compensation in what could be the largest award for a sex discrimination case outside the City.
An employment tribunal in Newcastle last week found waste management company Sita UK guilty of sex discrimination, unequal pay and unfair dismissal.
Kim Hope was sacked last September and replaced by a man with no procurement qualifications on triple her £35,000 salary.
Hope, 41, who had worked for Sita since 1998, told SM: “I feel totally vindicated. The...