Current Events > Calling a man 'bald' is sexual harassment, employment tribunal rules

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Hair loss is much more prevalent among men than women so using it to describe someone is a form of discrimination, a judge has concluded. Commenting on a mans baldness in the workplace is equivalent to remarking on the size of a womans breasts, the finding suggests.

It is difficult to conclude other than that Mr King uttered those words with the purpose of violating [Finns] dignity and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for him, the judgment found. Of his own admission, Mr Kings intention was to threaten [Finn] and to insult him. In our judgment, there is a connection between the word bald on the one hand and the protected characteristic of sex on the other.

Hair loss is much more prevalent among men than women so using it to describe someone is a form of discrimination, a judge has concluded. Commenting on a mans baldness in the workplace is equivalent to remarking on the size of a womans breasts, the finding suggests.

It is difficult to conclude other than that Mr King uttered those words with the purpose of violating [Finns] dignity and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for him, the judgment found. Of his own admission, Mr Kings intention was to threaten [Finn] and to insult him. In our judgment, there is a connection between the word bald on the one hand and the protected characteristic of sex on the other.

Seems fair.

Seems fair.

Hair loss is much more prevalent among men than women so using it to describe someone is a form of discrimination, a judge has concluded. Commenting on a mans baldness in the workplace is equivalent to remarking on the size of a womans breasts, the finding suggests.

This is a real issue