'Untenable' | Consultant loses discrimination case after 'conservative' clothing remark to colleague

A consultant who told a hijab-wearing colleague she was “conservative” compared to “other women… who have their boobs out” has lost his employment tribunal claims of discrimination, harassment, victimisation and protected disclosure detriment.

Mr J Danquah, employed by FDM Group and placed at Shell, was suspended after colleague Naima Masud complained about comments made at a Shell social event in September 2022.

According to her statement, he “repeatedly called Ms Masud ‘conservative’ during the night, in reference to her personality and her hijab” and later told her she was “conservative compared to other woman [sic] at the social who have their boobs out”.

The tribunal found that Ms Masud’s “main concerns was the comment about being ‘conservative’, as she did not want the Claimant to make comments like those to other women”.