'Difficult to understand' | Critiquing a colleague's 'strong' accent could be racial harassment - judge rules

Critiquing a colleague's 'strong' accent could be racial harassment - judge rules

Telling a co-worker it's difficult to understand their foreign accent could amount to racial harassment and be a breach of employment law, a tribunal judge has said.

Judge James Tayler made the observation during an appeal case involving the University of Hertfordshire. 

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