Teacher loses ‘farting chair’

A deputy headteacher who claimed constructive dismissal and sex discrimination because her school failed to replace a chair which made "farting'' noises has lost her £1m claim.

As Workplace Law previously reported, Sue Storer claimed that her requests for a new chair were repeatedly ignored and that she was “victimised, harassed and bullied” because she was a woman.

Storer told an employment tribunal that her two joint deputy heads, who were both men, were given n... (220 more words)

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