Inclusion | Sainsbury's rapped after sick manager omitted from International Men's Day post

A Sainsbury’s manager has won a disability discrimination tribunal after being left out of a social media post celebrating International Men's Day.

Darren Cooper said he felt “violated” when, in November 2022, the branch of Sainsbury’s he worked at marked International Men’s Day with a celebratory social media post acknowledging the contributions of male employees. 

Mr Cooper had been off sick for several weeks at the time of the post but was left extremely disheartened at not even being mentioned in the post.

He had been employed by the UK supermarket since 1993, and was described as having ‘orange blood’ (in reference to the company’s iconic colours), such was his passion for his job.