Brown v Young & Co’s Brewery plc ET/3202099/2013
Did the manager’s comment amount to racial harassment through stereotyping?
This employment tribunal had the unusual task of considering whether or not a manager harassed a black pub worker when he told him that he “looked like a pimp” when he was wearing a promotional St Patrick’s Day hat.
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