Man loses sex discrimination claim after boss says ‘sorry boys’ at awards do Nathan Blakeley lodged claim after comment made by boss when female colleague won award at the company party.
A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award.
The director Megan Robertson told the tribunal: “When I read out the results for one of the award categories, I introduced it by referring to ‘she’ and then went on to say ‘sorry boys’.
She complained, among other things, about Blakeley not receiving an award at the Christmas party the year before, the tribunal was told.
Nathan Blakeley, 27, was left so deflated after missing out on a prize at the Christmas party that he launched legal proceedings against the firm in Hampshire on the grounds that he had been overlooked due to his male gender.
