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Racial harassment: manager accused of stereotyping black pub worker wearing St Patrick’s Day hat

A case examining whether comments made by a manager about a black pub worker’s appearance at a St Patrick’s Day promotion amounted to racial harassment, and how tribunals assess racial stereotyping in the workplace.

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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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