UK Sales Executive Unfairly Dismissed over Joke E-mail

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An employment tribunal in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, has ruled that a senior sales executive, sacked after circulating an e-mail portraying Arab women as ugly, was unfairly dismissed, and awarded him compensation of over £32,000, according to media reports.

Bob Clarke, 42, former national sales director for power firm TXU Energi, claimed he received the e-mail from his son, Surrey cricketer Rikki Clarke, and forwarded it to six of the company’s regional managers.

The e-mail, entitled “... (183 more words)

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