Sexual harassment | £1.3m payout for worker whose boss made comments about her breasts

An ex-City worker has been awarded more than £1 million pounds after an employment tribunal heard how her former boss made comments about her breasts. 

Julia Sommer joined Zurich-based Swiss Re in 2017 as a political risk underwriter in London but was made redundant in 2021, months after returning from maternity leave.

She sued Swiss Re, seeking just over £5 million, saying a senior manager commented about her breasts, made references to sex and discriminated against her.

The Central London Employment Tribunal ruled last year that her redundancy was "retrofitted" to a pre-existing decision to dismiss her and that a senior manager repeatedly humiliated her.