The tribunal panel, made up of Judge Sturgeon and panel member Michael McKeown, said when dealing with direct discrimination, it assessed whether or not BFF acted “because of [Morrison’s] political opinion or because of objectively identified issues arising within [Morrison’s] stakeholder-facing role”.<\/p>\n
It concluded the acts Morrison had complained about arose from “operational requirements, stakeholder concerns, contractual obligations, payroll administration, organisational resources, grievance procedures, sickness absence or administrative errors”.<\/p>\n
The judgment stated: “The tribunal therefore concludes that [Morrison’s] political opinion was not the reason, nor any part of the reason, for the treatment complained of.”<\/p>\n
Regarding harassment, the tribunal said it accepted that “a number of the matters complained of arose in the context of [Morrison’s] publicly expressed political opinion and that criticism of the [Morrison’s] views was communicated by stakeholders on multiple occasions”.<\/p>\n
The judgment went on: “The tribunal has therefore considered carefully whether [BFF’s] own conduct amounted to unwanted conduct on the ground of political opinion.”<\/p>\n
It concluded that this was not the case.<\/p>\n
It added: ” [BFF’s] actions consisted of investigating complaints, communicating with relevant stakeholders, addressing reputational concerns, administering contractual matters and operating grievance procedures. <\/p>\n
“The tribunal does not find that these actions themselves amounted to hostility towards the claimant’s political opinion.”<\/p>\n
The tribunal went on to say it was not satisfied that any of the conduct “had the purpose or effect of violating [Morrison’s] dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for her”.<\/p>\n
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