Sting pays out

People News

Jul 18, 2007, 6:50 GMT

Sting and his wife Trudie Styler have been ordered to pay their former chef compensation after losing a sexual discrimination case.The couple were told they must pay 41-year-old Jane Martin £24,944 at an employment tribunal in Southampton yesterday (17.07.07).Martin claimed Styler sacked her from her job at the couple's Wiltshire estate because she was pregnant.The compensation includes £10,000 for injury to feelings and £16,000 for loss of earnings with deductions for redundancy pay Martin has already received. But tribunal chairman James Simpson admitted Martin could have claimed a much larger sum.He said: "The tribunal was surprised when Mr Norman, representing the claimant, suggested the figure of £10,000 and that the claimant was not seeking aggravated damages or costs." Martin won her cases of unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination on June 8 after telling a Southampton employment tribunal of her "cruel" treatment from her former employers.She claimed she was forced to work 14-hour days even while heavily pregnant, and that when she took time off sick Styler fumed: "Who the f**k does she think she is? She's my chef in the UK. She needs to be available if I need her, or she should rethink her position."Martin admitted she feared she would lose her baby because of the stress she was being put under.A spokesman for Styler said an appeal had been lodged and insisted the hearing had displayed bias against her.He said: "It remains Trudie's position that she, as a woman and a mother, has never in her life sexually discriminated against anyone and never would do so."(C) BANG Media International

View blog reactions

If you liked this story please support M&C and Buzz the site on Yahoo.

Latest Headlines in People

Talkback

There are currently no comments for this article. Be the first to comment! (no registration required)

Latest from M&C Blogs

Second presidential debate; no 'gamechanger' ? - Global Eye on October 8, 2008 5:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

Debate: did McCain do enough? - Global Eye on September 29, 2008 6:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (22) | TrackBacks (1)

Should Sen. John McCain's health records be made public? - Global Eye on September 15, 2008 8:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (50) | TrackBacks (0)

Raindance Film Festival - Estomago - London Calling on October 8, 2008 9:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Raindance Film Festival : It's Hard To Be Nice - London Calling on October 8, 2008 9:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

London Film Festival - Dean Spanley - London Calling on October 6, 2008 9:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport - The World in Pictures on October 2, 2008 4:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Devotee to Chinese Shrine of Sapam has face pierced - The World in Pictures on October 2, 2008 4:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Indian Muslims offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr - The World in Pictures on October 2, 2008 4:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

People

Sting pays out

People News

Latest Headlines in People

Talkback

Latest from M&C Blogs

More about Sting

In Monsters and Critics

Corporate

The Fine Print