{"id":150403,"date":"2022-01-24T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=150403"},"modified":"2022-01-24T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T21:16:09","slug":"horrified-embassy-worker-65-returns-from-holiday-to-find-young-woman-in-her-chair-doing-her-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/horrified-embassy-worker-65-returns-from-holiday-to-find-young-woman-in-her-chair-doing-her-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrified embassy worker, 65, returns from holiday to find 'young woman' in her chair doing her job"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN embassy worker has won \u00a3109,000 after being "humiliated" when she returned from holiday to find a "young lady" doing her job.<\/p>\n

Janice Dinsdale, a former clerk at the Indian embassy, was forced to retire because of her age, The Mirror reports.<\/p>\n


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When she returned from a fortnight\u2019s holiday, a day after her 65th birthday, she found a younger replacement sitting at her desk, an employment tribunal heard.<\/p>\n

Janice, now 72, said she was told she was \u201cno longer required\u201d.<\/p>\n

A judge has awarded a \u00a3109,906 payout \u2013 almost 20 times her claim \u2013ruling the embassy discriminated because of her age.<\/p>\n

Janice said: \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous expecting people to retire at 65 when they\u2019re in good health.<\/p>\n

'RIDICULOUS'<\/h2>\n

\u201cI consider my age to be a private issue. I felt I still had a lot to give. The respondent dismissed me without a simple apology or commiseration.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cWhen I made the claim I was looking for \u00a36,000. I thought I might come out losing. It\u2019s so incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It took almost seven years for the case to come to court because the Republic of India \u201cdid not engage substantively,\u201d the tribunal was told.<\/p>\n

Janice, who planned to retire at the age of 70, had started working at the High Commission of India in Aldwych, Central London, aged 63.<\/p>\n

Just before her 65th birthday, she had been informed she had to apply for a one-year contract extension.<\/p>\n

She filled out the form before heading on holiday in August 2013.<\/p>\n

Janice said: "\u201cI came back to find there was a young lady sitting in my seat doing my job.<\/p>\n

"There were only two desks, I\u2019d nowhere to sit down.<\/p>\n

"I slowly began to cry. My extension request had been rejected without further explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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