Re: Sting, wife fined $50,000 for . discrimination (All about celebrities)

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Re: Sting, wife fined $50,000 for . discrimination

Posted on: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:00:16 +0000 (UTC)

On Jul 17, 11:20 am, "edonline" wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL173246842007071...
>
> Sting, wife fined $50,000 for . discrimination
> Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:43AM EDT
>
> LONDON (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 .ual 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 .ually 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 jewelry.

Gosh, I got fired for being pregnant (and my employer admitted it in
my unemployment application) but I was told that no lawyer would touch
it because there weren't enough damages to make it worth anyone's time.

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