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☆ Swiss Re ordered to pay former underwriter $1.6 million for sexism, unfair dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Swiss Re AG FollowLONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A former Swiss Re (SRENH.S) underwriter has been awarded nearly 1.3 million pounds ($1.6 million) by a London employment tribunal for sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal. Julia Sommer joined Zurich-based Swiss Re in 2017 as a political risk underwriter in London but was made redundant in 2021, months after returning from maternity leave. She sued Swiss Re, seeking just over 5 million pounds, saying a senior manager commented about her breasts, made references to sex and discriminated against her. The Central London Employment Tribunal ruled last year that her redundancy was "retrofitted" to a pre-existing decision to dismiss her and that a senior manager repeatedly humiliated her. A Swiss Re spokesperson said in a statement: "We are aware of this judgment, which is self-explanatory and which we have given careful consideration to.

Persons: Julia Sommer, Sommer, Sam Tobin, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Swiss Re, Swiss, Central, Central London Employment, Thomson Locations: London, Zurich, Central London, –

☆ Banker with cancer claims $5 million from NatWest over dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cancer is listed as a disability under the UK Equality Act 2010, protecting sufferers from discrimination. Lawyers for NatWest and the 44-year-old risk and compliance officer clashed on Monday at the Central London Employment Tribunal over document disclosures relating to her income since she left the bank. The case is unusual because most employment claims are settled out of court. Charles Crow, a lawyer for NatWest, conceded Willis's team could have been told earlier how many experts the bank was now calling. "We recognise the extremely difficult personal circumstances in this case and that there were things the bank did not get right," a NatWest spokesperson said.

☆ Banker with cancer claims $5 million from NatWest for unfair dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A former senior banker is suing NatWest (NWG.L) for around 4.3 million pounds ($5.2 million) after a London judge ruled that she was unfairly dismissed only days after cancer surgery. Cancer is listed as a disability under the UK Equality Act 2010, protecting sufferers from discrimination. There's not a cat in hell's chance of dealing with this case in two days," Gilroy said. Charles Crow, a lawyer for NatWest, conceded Willis's team could have been told earlier how many experts the bank was now calling. But both sides should have realised that a two-day hearing would not be enough to deal with disagreements, he said.

☆ Goldman says ex banker's $23 mln whistleblower claim 'lamentable'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs banker and self-proclaimed whistleblower is suing his former employer for more than 20 million pounds ($23 million) for unfair dismissal in a London claim the Wall Street bank has labelled "cynical" and "lamentable". The bank said the claim by Thomas Doyle, its former EMEA head of synthetic swap sales who is suing Goldman Sachs International and four senior bankers, was "scarcely believable". Goldman Sachs alleges that Doyle made no real protected disclosures during his tenure and is trying to circumvent a statutory cap of roughly 90,000 pounds on damages for unfair dismissal by bringing an uncapped whistleblowing claim. "This claim is a cynical and transparent attempt to contrive a whistleblowing claim where none exists in order to circumvent the statutory cap of damages," it alleged. Should Doyle win this stage of his case, a further hearing will establish the level of any damages.

☆ Ex Goldman banker claims he was "fired for whistleblowing"
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Doyle, who says he joined Goldman in December 2018 with an exemplary market reputation, named Goldman Sachs International and four senior Goldman bankers in a lawsuit being heard in the Central London employment tribunal. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA Goldman Sachs spokesperson dismissed the allegations as unfounded and said the case would be "resolutely contested". In the filing, Doyle alleges the managing partner said subsequently that he did not think he would have used expletives in a management meeting. But the manager accepted he had told Doyle to stop behaving like a child, using another expletive, the filing alleged. But Goldman only called him into a meeting after he was told his employment was effectively over, Doyle alleges.

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