“Isolated”:
came up in the office, I was out of the loop.” She added: “The men’s social relationships really strengthened their working relationships, so by excluding me from the social side, I felt they put up a barrier at work.”
She said some colleagues would talk across her in German, even though she made it clear she couldn’t speak German. She added: “This excluded me and made me feel uncomfortable and marginalised. There genuinely were two sets of rules. One for German men and one for me.”
Commerzbank denies all the allegations, claiming Ms Fiouzi was “disruptive” and was let go because she failed to meet targets. It said: “Commerzbank categorically denies that Ms Fiouzi was subjected to any detriment on the grounds of her race, gender or of any other sort.” The tribunal continues.