Senior staff can sue if given ‘low status’ desk, UK tribunal rules
Estate agent who quit after being denied a ‘symbolically significant’ seat was right to view it as demotion, panel saysAllocating a senior employee a desk that they believe to be associated with a junior position amounts to a breach of workplace laws, an employment tribunal has ruled.The panel said being made to sit somewhere in the office where junior staff work could “logically” lead a senior employee to conclude they have been demoted. Continue reading...
Estate agent who quit after being denied a ‘symbolically significant’ seat was right to view it as demotion, panel says
Allocating a senior employee a desk that they believe to be associated with a junior position amounts to a breach of workplace laws, an employment tribunal has ruled.
The panel said being made to sit somewhere in the office where junior staff work could “logically” lead a senior employee to conclude they have been demoted. Continue reading...
