A TEENAGE waitress who was told to wear a skirt and make-up so she would be “easy on the eye” for customers has won her claim for sex discrimination, reports the Herald Scotland.
Erin Sandilands, aged 18, was taken aside by a manager at Cecchini’s bistro in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, and told to look more feminine “for the punters”.
After she complained, the student – who was working under a zero hours contract – was later told that her services were no longer needed, despite having previously been offered a full-time position.
But after taking the business to an industrial tribunal, she has been awarded more than £3,500 for the injury to her feelings and lost wages after employment judge Claire McManus found her evidence to be “entirely credible.”
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