An accountancy firm administrator has had her claim for race, sex and age discrimination rejected by a tribunal - which had earlier turned down her claim for constructive dismissal. Kate Akighir was employed by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) as a client executive administrator from September 2017 until late August 2022 when she left following her resignation . She lodged a complaint to the employment tribunal alleging she had been unfairly dismissed by way of constructive dismissal.
Following a hearing in November last year, the tribunal ruled that Miss Akighir had not been constructively dismissed and she had not resigned because of discrimination. Isle of Man equestrian star selected to compete at Paris Olympics Tenants quit Isle of Man café months after bid to move site turned down Repair workers abused by angry motorists during traffic chaos Items removed from sprawling den created at Onchan beauty spot But issues relating to discrimination were left to be determined at a future hearing which has now ruled the claims are time-barred and even if they weren’t out of time, they are without merit and have no reasonable prospect of success. Miss Akighir’s case was that she had resigned as a consequence of alleged discrimination, including in particular because of two alleged ‘last straw’ incidents.
But the lawyer representing PwC said the core element of Miss Akighir’s allegations, relating to race, sex and age discrimination, occurred as long ago as January 2020 -.
