Really, the following speaks for itself. No comment from me is even needed in this case.
LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - A British employment tribunal ordered rock star Sting and his wife Trudie Styler to pay $50,000 in compensation on Tuesday for wrongfully dismissing their former chef.
Jane Martin, who cooked for Sting and his family at their
country estate in England, filed a claim in July last year
saying she had been sacked by Styler after revealing she was
pregnant.
The tribunal found the couple guilty of sexual
discrimination and awarded Martin 24,944 pounds ($50,000), a
tribunal spokeswoman said.
A spokesman for Styler said an appeal had been lodged and
that the hearing had displayed bias against Sting’s wife.
“It remains Trudie’s position that she, as a woman and a
mother, has never in her life sexually discriminated against
anyone and never would do so,” he added.
Martin, 41, was employed by the celebrity couple for nearly
eight years, earning around $55,000 a year.
As well as cooking for the family, she often prepared meals
for their famous friends and guests, including Madonna and Elton
John.
But Martin told the tribunal things started to go wrong
after she told Styler she was pregnant in 2005. She said Styler
frequently made excessive demands and at one point became angry because she took time off.
Styler, Martin said, had been overheard to say: “She’s my
chef in the UK. She needs to be available if I need her, or she
should rethink her position.”
Martin, who was employed by the couple’s management company,
Lake House Estate, said she also stopped receiving expensive
presents on her birthday, getting flowers for her 40th whereas
previously she had been given watches and jewelery.
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