Who are you calling a ghey-boi?

[V8mate]

This has to be another chime in the death knell of our legal system.

A chap is (succcessfully) claiming harassment on the grounds of his sexual orientation, having had to leave his job because his colleagues call him 'faggot' etc.

Seems fair enough?

Apart from he's straight.

And married.

About time someone introduced the 'Grow a Pair Act 2009' methinks

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3852496/Str...

[stackmonkey]

As the EHRC said "Bullying is unacceptable."

No excuse for it; the background of the victim doesn't matter, it's still bullying.

[10 Pence Short]

stackmonkey said:

As the EHRC said "Bullying is unacceptable."

No excuse for it; the background of the victim doesn't matter, it's still bullying.

And how many people are offended when it suits them (especially financially)?

[off_again]

Maybe its a case of someone being over sensitive to this situation. But, maybe, just maybe, this chap endured years of taunts and abuse at the hands of his workmates. Maybe it wasn't just the odd comment or something printed in the company magazine (a big no-no legally speaking by the way). Maybe he endured an unacceptable level of abuse at the hands of pure bullies....

Banter is one thing, and done right is funny.

Constant and unrelenting abuse is unacceptable. It shows poor leadership and management, unimaginative workers and an environment that is unproductive and, to put no finer point on it, illegal.

Maybe it was a few comments that most people could shrug off. But maybe it was years of abuse at the hands of bullies. Unfortunately the limited article simply doesn't say and passing judgement on something we have no understanding for shows insensitivity in the extreme. Now, since its now in the public domain, we can get further information - rather than some limited view point from a journalist trying to sell papers....

[sleep envy]

stackmonkey said:

As the EHRC said "Bullying is unacceptable."

No excuse for it; the background of the victim doesn't matter, it's still bullying.

blimey - would have had to have tinned the entire office today at our xmas lunch seeing as pretty much everyone took abuse one way or another

[V8mate]

stackmonkey said:

As the EHRC said "Bullying is unacceptable."

No excuse for it; the background of the victim doesn't matter, it's still bullying.

OK. I don't know you, but let's assume you are a caucasian male.

Your work mates decide to call you 'darkie' (insert other racist term), rather than your actual name.

Are you going to use the racial harassment laws to claim compensation for having to leave your job?

[Frik]

So if he was gay and someone called him a faggot he'd have grounds but because he wasn't he should just grow a pair?

Eh?

[Geronimo]

V8mate said:

A chap is (succcessfully) claiming harassment on the grounds of his sexual orientation, having had to leave his job because his colleagues call him 'faggot' etc.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3852496/Str...

What a bender.

[stackmonkey]

V8mate said:

stackmonkey said:

As the EHRC said "Bullying is unacceptable."

No excuse for it; the background of the victim doesn't matter, it's still bullying.

OK. I don't know you, but let's assume you are a caucasian male.

Your work mates decide to call you 'darkie' (insert other racist term), rather than your actual name.

Are you going to use the racial harassment laws to claim compensation for having to leave your job?

If it's part of the general office banter, no.
If it's continual, unrelenting, engineered by several people, one-way remarks (as distinct from 2 way banter), aggressive and demeaning, and management does nothing about it when complained to, then yes I would.

[Dimski]

Someone who went to public school is deeply hurt by being called a faggot?

Must have been to a very different public school to me, taking the piss was par for the course. And that was usually the most common insult.

I hate the anti bullying campaigns. Not because it is not a serious issue, but it always brings the irritating, self obsessed 'celebrities' out...

"I was bullied at school, and I want to stop this happ...... etc"

No you were not.

Chances are you were teased, like everyone else was. Get over it.

Edited by Dimski on Monday 22 December 22:15

[pbirkett]

Dimski said:

Someone who went to public school is deeply hurt by being called a faggot?

Must have been to a very different public school to me, taking the piss was par for the course. And that was usually the most common insult.

I hate the anti bullying campaigns. Not because it is not a serious issue, but it always brings the irritating, self obsessed 'celebrities' out...

"I was bullied at school, and I want to stop this happ...... etc"

No you were not.

Chances are you were teased, like everyone else was. Get over it.

Edited by Dimski on Monday 22 December 22:15

[V8mate]

stackmonkey said:

V8mate said:

stackmonkey said:

As the EHRC said "Bullying is unacceptable."

No excuse for it; the background of the victim doesn't matter, it's still bullying.

OK. I don't know you, but let's assume you are a caucasian male.

Your work mates decide to call you 'darkie' (insert other racist term), rather than your actual name.

Are you going to use the racial harassment laws to claim compensation for having to leave your job?

If it's part of the general office banter, no.
If it's continual, unrelenting, engineered by several people, one-way remarks (as distinct from 2 way banter), aggressive and demeaning, and management does nothing about it when complained to, then yes I would.

I don't disagree. But there are more appropriate pieces of employment legislation, surely?

[bkay88]

Dimski said:

Chances are you were teased, like everyone else was. Get over it.

Edited by Dimski on Monday 22 December 22:15

+1

[Monki]

Shows what a nation of wimps we are becoming, chap should have turned around and kicked the name-caller in the chops rather than running off to "teacher"



well that's how I resolved school-bullying

[Neil_H]

I'd be interested to know if he reported it to HR/ managers. If he did and they failed to act, it's a failure on their part.

It's hard to know the circumstances unless you were there.

[HRG]

Frik said:

So if he was gay and someone called him a faggot he'd have grounds but because he wasn't he should just grow a pair?

Eh?

Shut it ginge

[john_p]

Monki said:

Shows what a nation of wimps we are becoming, chap should have turned around and kicked the name-caller in the chops rather than running off to "teacher"



well that's how I resolved school-bullying

If you're employed, have a look in your contract or employee's handbook to find the exact results of assaulting another employee

[HRG]

john_p said:

Monki said:

Shows what a nation of wimps we are becoming, chap should have turned around and kicked the name-caller in the chops rather than running off to "teacher"



well that's how I resolved school-bullying

If you're employed, have a look in your contract or employee's handbook to find the exact results of assaulting another employee

We used to put brooms through apprentices overalls then fill their pants with barrier cream for a laugh. Nation of fking wimps these days

[sleep envy]

no hoisting them on the ramps?

[HRG]

sleep envy said:

no hoisting them on the ramps?

The odd one *might* have had a pair of slings under their armpits and *might* been hoisted up to the roof...