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'Clearly banter' | HR worker sues employer for asking him who 'would be in his threesome'

HR worker sues employer for asking him who 'would be in his threesome'

An unnamed HR practitioner is suing their company for sexual harassment after his manager asked what celebrities he would want to have a threesome with, as reported by the Daily Mail. 

The HR employee, who will remian unnamed, claims his manager, prompted him to say what famous people he would like to have sex with as part of a fantasy ‘manwich’ - a cross between the words ‘man’ and ‘sandwich’ - during a team meeting.

The practitioner refused to answer the question, but claims he was probed for an answer by his manager and other members of the HR team – an altercation, he said, “violated his dignity” and was “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature”.

Surprisingly, the employer allegedly brushed off the comments, telling a preliminary hearing in Manchester that the remarks were “clearly banter”.

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