Karen who did not get leaving card loses UK employment claim - eviltoast
Woman who did not get leaving card loses UK employment claim
www.theguardian.com
Karen Conaghan brought 40 complaints to tribunal including for sexual harassment and victimisation
  • halyk.the.red@lemmy.mlEnglish
    51·
    2 months ago

    Did anyone else have a ton of trouble making sense of the headline? Granted, I’m not exactly sober right now, but that seems confusing.

    • Dexx1s@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      2 months ago

      Made no sense to me neither till I read the article…

      The company gives people a card signed by other employees whenever they resign or whatever. Only 3 people signed it so they didn’t give it to her. She then sues.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      I figured “leaving card” is probably an English term, which is why us yanks didn’t get the title.

    • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      121·
      2 months ago

      I love that Lemmy is more “old Internet”, in that we are devoid of the corpo echo chambers, and we do have these confusions. It helps us all grow and learn. I was very confused as well. No comment on ABV of various bloodstreams.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    The plaintiff here sounds like a insufferable enough colleague to not want to write a card to, regardless of gender.

  • Andrew@piefed.socialEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    Apparently, she’s appealing the ruling - she wants to speak to the employment tribunal’s manager. (not really)

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    113·
    2 months ago

    I’m going to guess that the three people who did sign the card are either spineless doormats or just did it to get the card off their desk as soon as possible.

    Either way, I wish her luck with the job hunt. I’ll bet employers can’t wait to hire a paranoid, hypersensitive pain in the ass who sues at the drop of a hat.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      24·
      2 months ago

      I would just sign the card because it’s the path of least resistance and makes no difference to me. How much of a doormat I am plays no role. Lol

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        152·
        2 months ago

        It’s basic decency to me. You don’t have to like someone to be courteous.

        Maybe it has different social significance in UK

        • OfficerBribe@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          Based on the article, she might have been hated not just disliked.

          She said another employee had asked her: “Are you taking the piss, Karen?” The tribunal heard that this was after Conaghan suggested she had “done all of the hard work” and it was his “turn to do some”.