Overheard comments can constitute racial discrimination

HSBC has been found guilty of racial discrimination after an employee overheard racist comments made by her manager.

In a Watford Employment Tribunal, Ruby Schembri claimed that she had overheard her supervisor, Debbie Jones, say “I hate foreigners” and “I am against immigration” in a conversation with another employee in April 2005.

Schembri, a Maltese national, told the tribunal she had been upset by Jones’ comments and reported them to her employers. Despi... (143 more words)

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