Woman humiliated by boss wins £19,000 payout

A SCOTTISH woman who experienced ‘humiliating and offensive’ behaviour from her ex-employer has won a £19,000 payout as an employment tribunal ruled in her favour.

Aishah Zaman, 35, told the tribunal that her boss Shahzad Younas, 45, who was also a political activist in Pakistan, called her ‘fatty’ and ‘prostitute’. Zaman added that she experienced regular sexual advances and got derogatory comments from her boss during her time as office assistant at Knightsbridge Furnishing in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire

Younas advised her to go to gym as he likes only ‘slim, smart girls’ in his office.

He even instructed Aishah, who is a local DJ for Awaz FM, a local radio station serving Glasgow’s Asian community, not to go for DJing as it was the ‘work of prostitutes’.

The employer sent messages to Zaman asking her not to break his heart, adding that he likes her. Younas also offered her to buy a Mercedes.

The tribunal heard that he also sent a graphic image of female genitalia. He asked her to clean his flat and unpack his suitcase, including underwear.

Younas called her an ‘idiot’ and a ‘pain in the a**e’. Later, he grabbed her by the arm with both hands and said: ‘I am going to f*** you’.

He then sacked her and later sold the firm and resigned as a director. Employment judge Russell Bradley ruled in Zaman’s favour.