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Telling someone to ‘grow up’ is not age discrimination, tribunal rules

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Telling someone to ‘grow up’ is not age discrimination, tribunal rules

I’m always fascinated by cases that revolve around what is and isn’t acceptable to say to another person in the workplace. The latest case to go to employment tribunal involved a hairdressing apprentice who took legal action after a colleague told her to ‘grow up’. Twenty-year-old Jasmine Stunell was a trainee hairdresser at a salon […]

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