Boss' Indecent Proposal Costs His Company £150,000

An executive whose boss offered her money to spend every other weekend with him has been awarded £150,000 compensation by an employment tribunal. The woman resigned as MD of the company after refusing the advances of the chairman. He had offered to pay her £1,000 for each weekend she spent with him.

The man had become infatuated with the divorced mother after buying a controlling share in the company. In its judgement, the tribunal said: "Over a period of some months, (he) attempted to persuade the woman to embark upon a sexual relationship with him, offering her, at different times, security and money. This was done against the background of the power which he had over her. The failure of the company ". . . to carry out a proper investigation of her legitimate grievances undoubtedly made the injury to her feelings a lot worse."

Article by Steve Bellamy, Qdos Consulting

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Posted 20/09/05

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