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Sainsbury's Store Manager Wins £12k Payout After LinkedIn Post Omission
Darren Cooper received £11,852 in compensation for harassment and unfavourable treatment after being excluded from a regional International Men's Day post while on sick leave for anxiety.
- The tribunal in Cardiff found Darren Cooper, Sainsbury's store manager, was 'humiliated' after being left off the regional director’s social-media post, amounting to harassment related to disability.
- He had been on sick leave since July 2022, and Matt Hourihan posted on Yammer and LinkedIn, omitting Cooper because he had deleted WhatsApp and did not wish to be contacted.
- The panel said Hourihan's conscious decision to omit Cooper from the post, which tagged every regional store manager except him, amounted to unfavourable treatment due to disability.
- The tribunal dismissed claims of disability discrimination and unfair dismissal, awarding £11,852 in compensation, including £7,500 for injury to feelings.
- The case highlights employer social‑media conduct and staff wellbeing as the tribunal heard Darren Cooper suffered 'untold further damage' to his health after starting at Sainsbury's in 1993 and becoming Pontypridd manager in 2010.
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