'Knickers in a twist' | Major special effects firm accused of sex and racial discrimination

A special effects company, that has worked on BBC dramas such as Bodyguard and Call The Midwife, has been taken to an employment tribunal for accusations of sexual and racial discrimination.

The company, Artem, is undergoing a tribunal after allegations from its former Finance Director Karen Edwins, who alleges she was forced to resign after sustained sexual and racial discrimination from the firm’s Co-founder and CEO Mike Kelt.

Edwin alleges she was the victim of discrimination after Kelt told her he had lost confidence in her, saying that things she had done had gone “dramatically wrong”. This altercation prompted Edwin to leave the company after 25 years working there.

In the ruling, a majority of the panel ruled that this conversation was a “repudiatory breach” of Edwin’s contract and ruled in favour of Edwin’s allegations considering Artem’s predominantly male-white workforce.