'Toxic environment' | Bank boss had 'no Muslims or Black Africans' hiring policy, tribunal hears

A bank worker was sacked after allegedly making a series of racial slurs in the workplace, including claims that she had a policy of not recruiting "Muslims or Black Africans", The Times has reported.

Jennifer Macleod was dismissed from her role as a project manager with Bank of Scotland after complaints were raised about her making derogatory remarks about ethnic minority employees.

Macleod, who had worked for the bank since 1991, strongly denied the claims and took the firm to an employment tribunal on the grounds of unfair dismissal – but a judge upheld the sacking, finding that the allegations were “sufficiently clear and detailed”.

According to legal documents submitted as part of the appeal, Macleod was said to have accused a colleague of hiring “thick Black Africans just to make himself look smart”.