Female driver awarded £19,000 for sex discrimination by another female driver

[IwantToRetire]

A female lorry driver has been awarded more than £19k by an employment tribunal after a colleague said she flashed her breasts to get what she wanted.

Charlotte Brooks brought claims of harassment related to sex, harassment of a sexual nature, and direct sex discrimination against the Co-operative Group in relation to the behaviour of her colleague Kelly Dawson.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/female-co-op-lorry-driver-awarded-19k-in-sex-harassment-case/

The Co-op has been told to pay a female HGV driver £19,000 after a tribunal found it minimised the sexual harassment she received by a colleague and failed to put adequate safeguarding measures in place.

Charlotte Brooks brought claims of harassment related to sex, harassment of a sexual nature and direct sex discrimination against the Co-operative Group in relation to the behaviour of another lorry driver Kelly Dawson.

Slightly different version of the case here https://motortransport.co.uk/industry-news/female-co-op-driver-awarded-19k-in-sex-discrimination-case/91020.article

I have a question. Does anyone know what it is?

Is one of the ‘women’ trans?

Otherwise, why posting here…

Edited to add nothing in the article about trans. So the question is: what is the point of this thread?

@IwantToRetire is there a comment that you want to make about this case?

The two boards aren’t that easy to distinguish, to be honest. I would struggle to post on the correct one.

It’s an unpleasant story, and an interesting thought that the bullying and harassment wasn’t taken seriously because they were both women.

Thing is, even if this time they are both the old fashioned type of women, my question remains, because of too many previous stories that have been reported in a misleading way. My trust that I will be told the full version of events accurately is gone.

Why would you ask such a silly question.

This is a FEMINIST forum.

The sub title (by MN imposed on us) is to show that it's feminism is for those who think the basis of women's discrimination is because of women being the sex class of female.

And quite honestly even if it wasn't why would you be interested in a women's issue.

Your narrow apolitical view point is just that . Your own.

Moveover if you aren't interested in women's rights you dont have to expose the fact by posting of a thread you dont understand.

If you dont understand best to skip over the thread.

Its become a bizarre obsession on FWR by some who seem they think everything needs to be having an opinion, be disputive.

This court case is a point of interest.

If you dont find it interesting why bother reading it.

Let alone comment.

Oh goodness. I was just wondering what your thoughts were on this story. Apologies.

Sorry, I got a bit riled up by PP and should have taken a pause.

Mainly I have never heard of a case like this.

So that's why I thought it interesting.

But maybe there are many others in which case it wont be of that much interest.

Doesn't that just sum up the 'Feminism' forum lmao

If it's not about trans people, why is it here.

Quiet part out loud 😁

Apart from one outlier amusing thread, this whole forum is about trans people.

The occasional thread about serious, actual issues, sinks.

At a time when women's rights are under such concerted attack, this is what's popular. Hating on a minority and inventing weird theories about them. How very constructive.

This board was set up to discuss the impact on women of the rise in genderism. For 'normal' feminist chat go here.

First, this is: Feminism: Sex and gender discussions and not Feminism: chat. Second, my question was a question and not a personal attack on you @IwantToRetire Perhaps I could’ve phrased it slightly softer but your response is a bit OTT in terms of how you jumped to conclusions about my intentions/political views and came out swinging with an ad hominem. You posted the article but without any context and I wondered why you posted.

No worries, I’ll back out now. Carry on as you were.

The person with “Trans” in their username who has only ever posted on this sub-forum about trans issues complaining about how it’s “all about trans” 🤣🤣 couldn’t make it up.

The 'parent' bit should be the real giveaway hun.

I have posted about other issues, but get so few opportunities on here.

Hating on a minority isn't feminism.

You have never posted outside of this particular forum, “hun” 🤣 You’re obsessed with posting your “counter arguments” here and seeing everything as “hate” towards a minority. Why don’t you spend your time more productively about those issues you see as more important then, instead of being here constantly?

Hating on those protecting women’s rights isn’t feminism either. Or do you just like hunny?

Back in the 90s, someone wrote a book called Female Chauvinist Pigs. Prior to that, someone else wrote a book called "A Handmaid's Tale" in which there were Aunts who enforced the men's dominance over other women and a Wife, Serena Joy, who had campaigned for the theocracy and been bitten in the bum when it became reality.

Women have always used patriarchy to try to get ahead of other women, failing to see that in doing so they are turkeys voting for Thanksgiving. Accusing another woman of using her sexual attractiveness to get ahead is older than dirt.

This forum is a safe space for highly dodgy men to discuss their trans porn habits, pretence at saving children and obsession with children's bodies.

And for all those who hate trans people to wind themselves up with ridiculous conspiracy theories which enable real-world transphobia.

I object to that, yeah.

Perhaps one of them is Lesbian not everything has to be trans. Or really thought the other woman was using her sex to get better treatment by using her feminine charms.

Have you actually read the article? The first link summarises the facts quite well.

Thanks for posting that. It is interesting and probably unusual, with the unusualness being central to the case.

What are you waffling on about now 🤣🤣

What a weird comment

Seems like a lot of she says she says and the Co op didn't ignore the issue so I'm a bit surprised it's been awarded.

Are you alright, hun?