'Unpleasant & hostile' | Calling a colleague a 'nutter' could be harassment, tribunal hears

Calling a colleague a “nutter” or similar names could amount to harassment by creating an “unpleasant and hostile” environment, an employment judge has warned.

The ruling was made during the case of Ms C Maynard, a Royal Mail worker who claimed race discrimination and harassment. Ms Maynard, who has worked at the Croydon Mail Centre since 2001, said she was racially harassed and discriminated against by colleagues between 2020 and 2023.