£22k payout | Worker's 'lazy old white guy' jibe to colleague was racial abuse, judge rules

A worker who experienced "stress and sleepless nights" after being labelled as a “lazy old white guy” by a colleague has won a huge payout following a court case.

As reported by the Mirror, 55-year-old Barry Moore was found to be the victim of age and racial discrimination as a result of comments made by a Black colleague, Desmond Osuwu, at Sean Pong Tyres in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

An employment tribunal held in Leeds ruled that such comments could "only have been a term of abuse".

According to the Mirror, the pair had previously been on “good terms” and had worked together for several years, but it was unclear when or why their good relationship broke down.