Barclays has been ordered to compensate a former banker with endometriosis and anxiety almost 50,000 pounds ($63,500) for not adjusting her working hours and for gender discrimination, according to the ruling by a London tribunal.
The East London Employment Tribunal had informed the bank to pay Ms. Anca Lacatus damages for personal injury and injury to her feeling. The ruling, however dismissed her damages claims for loss of past and future earnings and the cost of medical treatment and care.
Lacatus, has been an analyst at the bank from 2016 to 2020, and had claimed damages of around 4 million pounds after partly winning an employment case in 2021 in which she argued that her line manager used sexist language and that she was compelled to work 40-48 hours per week on average while suffering from endometriosis.
The tribunal had announced Thursday that said there was no debate about the “tragic circumstances” faced by Lacatus, who now lives in Romania with her parents but is unable to work and afford medical treatment.
But it did not award damages for loss of earnings, because it decided there was a “100% chance” that she would have faced the same mental and physical health prognosis without the bank’s unlawful conduct.
While Lacatus had lost her claim for unfair dismissal or breach of contract in 2021, her success in the sexist element of her case – her line manager using the term “birds” to refer to female employees – was seen as a victory for women experiencing “banter” in London’s financial district.
For the sex discrimination case, she was awarded 1,527 pounds, including interest.
