An IT manager has failed in his attempt to sue his bosses for sexism after he was told he couldn’t work from home to help his wife look after their twins in case she had a ‘rough day’.
Paul Macdonald claimed he was discriminated against because bosses at an international computer firm wouldn’t grant him flexible working arrangements so he could help his wife with childcare.
He argued that home-working would let him ‘help out’ his wife by looking after their twins ‘for five minutes during coffee breaks’ and that being ordered to work in an office meant he couldn’t help with the school
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