The employee was backed by the trade-union confederation GMB, which recently widened its recruitment to male prostitutes and to employees of the classified X sector. Irene Everitt worked from her home in Essex, taking the calls of erotic conversations or advising the new recruits. But after having installed an electronic time-keeper, her boss asked her to come and work at the office, arguing that she was not working enough hours. She refused and was laid off. The case was taken to court, which
…Great-Britain: two unusual employment court orders
For the first time in England, an employee of the sex industry, who worked as an operator for a pink company of telephone, took her employer to court and won her lawsuit, last January 16, for abusive dismissal. This case, revealed by the Guardian, and one another about sex discrimination are making a lot of noise. (Ref. 06100)
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