Dongbu Daewoo Electronics' Head of HR allegedly demoted after failing to bow to boss

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics’ former Head of HR and Finance Manager, Misook McDonald, lost her position at the Korean firms UK base after refusing to bow to her boss - Chief Financial Director Ho Seung Yoo.

The Guardian reports that she is suing the organisation for sex discrimination, age discrimination, and racial discrimination.  

The tribunal was informed by McDonald that Yoo confronted her after she did not bow to him at the start and end of each working day. As a result of this, she continued, she was demoted to secretarial duties

In another incident, Yoo allegedly told her about making coffee: “Isn’t that what female workers should do?”