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Ex-University employee gets second shot at harassment case over accent

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Published on: 03 December 2024
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Law360: A Brazilian marketing manager has successfully appealed an Employment Tribunal (ET) decision that an English university did not harass her by making comments about her accent, after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the wrong legal test had been used to dismiss the claim.

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