Social worker wins harassment claim
by Katherine Lawton, Daily Mail:
A social worker who was suspended by her council bosses over her belief a person ‘cannot change their sex’ has been awarded damages of nearly £58,000 after winning a landmark harassment claim.
Rachel Meade, from Dartford, Kent, was given a one-year warning by Social Work England after a lengthy probe when a member of the public complained in 2020 about posts she had made or liked on Facebook.
The social worker of 20 years was then suspended by Westminster City Council and bosses launched a disciplinary investigation and warned her she could be sacked for misconduct.
She was issued with a final written warning after a year long suspension in which she claims she was ‘bullied into silence’ when trying to ‘speak up for women’s rights‘ during the government’s consultation period on reform to the Gender Recognition Act.
She has now been awarded almost £58,000 in damages from Westminster city council and Social Work England.
Read also: The right to be gender critical by Michael Foran, Artillery Row
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