Waitress told to wear skirt & makeup to be "easy on the eye" wins discrimination suit

[Miles Archer]

GLASGOW, Scotland — A teenage waitress who was told to wear a skirt and makeup so she would be "easy on the eye" for customers won her sex discrimination claim.

Erin Sandilands, 18, was taken aside by a manager at Cecchini's bistro in the Scottish port town of Ardrossan and told to look more feminine "for the punters," or restaurant patrons.

After she complained, the student — who was working on call as needed — was later told that her services were no longer needed, despite having previously been offered a full-time position.

Sandilands was awarded £3,500, or $4,732, for the injury to her feelings and lost wages after a judge at an industrial tribunal — which according to a United Kingdom government website, "makes decisions in legal disputes around employment law" — found her evidence to be "entirely credible"

http://www.wcnc.com/ext/news/nation-now/waitress-told-to-wear-skirt-for-customers-wins-sex-discrimination-case/275/14lADGZIZm6MGqseCIwqU2

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Kudos to this young woman!

She did what needed to be done. And of course, the restaurant management is lying about what they said to her.

They say they will appeal, and it will be overturned.

They will pay for their intransigence with fewer customers.

[spooky3]

2. I hope you are right about their paying for this.

Definitely agree that the young woman had courage to challenge it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. We can only hope! n/t