Sighing at a colleague in frustration is discrimination, tribunal rules

Sighing at a colleague can count as workplace harassment, tribunal rules

Workers who sigh at their colleagues could be accused of harassment in the workplace, a judge has ruled in a landmark employment tribunal.

Sighing at a colleague in frustration is discrimination, tribunal rules

Tech company employee to receive compensation after his manager made ‘exaggerated exhales’

Sighing at a colleague? That could count as workplace harassment

A judge has ruled that a manager’s ‘sighing and exaggerating exhales’ amounted to discrimination towards a worker with ADHD

Sighing in frustration at colleague was discriminatory, judge rules – Hoffeldt

Personnel Today The claimant joined Roke Manor Research in 2020 as a software engineer, but struggled with poor timekeeping. He was later diagnosed with ADHD. The post Sighing in frustration at colleague was discriminatory, judge rules appeared first on Personnel Today. Go to Source 23/05/2025 – 12:04 /Adam McCulloch SoMe: @hoffeldt.bsky.social

Sighing in frustration at colleague was discriminatory, judge rules

The claimant joined Roke Manor Research in 2020 as a software engineer, but struggled with poor timekeeping. He was later diagnosed with ADHD. The post Sighing in frustration at colleague was discriminatory, judge rules appeared first on Personnel Today.

A landmark ruling by an employment tribunal in the UK. Repeated excessive sighing by a superior towards an employee can constitute bullying. Commentators have stressed that the precedent could have a significant impact on future cases of this type.