![]() In addition, her race claim about The Karate Kid comment, was found to be 'extremely tenuous'.ĭismissing her claims, Employment Judge Philip Lancaster concluded: 'There is no reasonable prospect of it being held that this comment was an act of direct discrimination, that is that it was made because of Ms Dhillon's race, nor that it in fact subjected her to any detriment. While the panel heard her complaint was inadequately investigated, it found this was a 'genuine' oversight and had nothing to do with the grievance. The tribunal heard she was then investigated and sacked in November 2018 before going to the tribunal claiming her dismissal was linked to her grievance. Her complaint was not upheld and the following month, in October, she was suspended due to an allegation of misconduct and poor performance.Īmongst other things, the tribunal was told she had turned up to late on 13 out of the 14 days in September. The hearing was told that in the same year the NHS worker made an informal grievance about her manager complaining she had been 'patronised and shouted' at. The tribunal heard that at the time however, Ms Dhillon thought that the incident was 'humorous' and she had 'treated it as a joke'. She claimed the comment was discriminatory because 'it compares her to an old Chinese man, and because there is a separate and distinct martial arts culture within her own Sikh tradition'. The hearing was told: 'Ms Dhillon said that at a training session of 5th October 2017 one of the trainers, Karl Ward, had said to her 'who do you think you are, the Karate Kid?' ' Ms Dhillon told the panel she officially complained about the comment in April 2018 saying 'the other trainer said I was Mr Miyagi after I had squashed a fly'. The panel heard that the remark was humorous and that everyone present, including herself, had treated it as a joke, and that she had only found it discriminative later on. The hearing, held in Leeds, heard the comment was made by trainer Karl Ward during a session at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Yorkshire, in October 2017. ![]() Narinderjeet Kaur Dhillon initially laughed off the comparison to the martial art master (right) from the hit 1984 film, an employment tribunal heard ![]()
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