Tribunal win | Female B&B worker told by boss he can't change bed sheets as 'it's a woman's job'

Female B&B worker told by boss he can't change bed sheets as 'it's a woman's job'

An employee at a bed & breakfast in the Lake District has won a sex discrimination case after she was told by her boss that stripping beds “is a woman’s job”.

The court heard that Nicola Nolan, an employee at Appletrees guest house in Keswick, had once had a good working relationship with the owner of the B&B, Catherine Fairfield.

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