A charity worker sued for racism after her colleagues did not organise a birthday lunch despite not telling anyone about the milestone.
Karen Adams, who is black, said she had been the victim of racial discrimination and that it was ‘sadistic’ that she had not been given a meal for her big birthday, the exact age of which has not been made public.
Ms Adams said a white colleague had her 50th birthday a month later and there had been a lunch to celebrate, which she said proved the snub was racially motivated.
But an employment tribunal in Birmingham found ‘the only reason’
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