WOMAN WINS DISCRIMINATION CASE OVER NOT BEING INVITED TO LUNCH

The Hartwell Ford auto dealership in England has lost a discrimination case to a former employee who was excluded from monthly team lunches. Receptionist Malgorzata Lewicka sued the dealership, after she filed a sexual discrimination complaint against her boss at Hartwell Ford’s Hemel Hempstead branch in March 2018. After she was transferred to a different branch following her complaint, she found she was excluded from team lunches that were held on the last Friday of each month. Colleagues would provide lunch orders for pizza while Lewicka was routinely skipped. An employment judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to show that Lewicka also endured additional workplace discrimination with cut hours, pay and neglect from colleagues. By January 2019, Lewicka was let go from her job after five years of service. The judge awarded Lewicka around $32,000 for lost wages and emotional distress.
* When all she really wanted was a pizza.
* Just a hunch, but maybe they passed her over because she wanted pineapple on the pizza.
* I can see her point. Working lunches are so much fun!
* $32,000 for a discrimination lawsuit. That’s less than the cost of a Ford F-250. That’ll learn the dealership.
* Boy, did SHE file in the wrong country. That 32 thousand would have been 32 million in the U.S.