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: A financial administrator whose boss asked her if her 'Botox affected her : brain' has won £5,000 in a sex discrimination claim.  : Renata Metling was working at tech firm Knight IT Group in Wokingham, Berkshire, when managing director : Stuart Kenny made the jibe in an attempt she believed to make her feel : 'stupid'.  : She told an employment tribunal in Watford how she : was left driving home in tears after he had made several 'derogatory' remarks towards her : while she was working in the office.  : Ms Metling said he had referred to a woman as a 'bird', a former : employee as a 'b**ch' and described another as looking as if : she was somebody 'who had had a hard life'. : Ms Metling started working for the firm in November 2022 but in February 2023 Mr Kenny threatened to : reduce her wages after she 'supposedly asked a stupid question about the operating system'. : : She was sacked a month later when she refused to accept an extension on her probationary : period. : Now, a panel has upheld her claims of harassment and sex : discrimination after ruling the remarks created a 'intimidating, : hostile, degrading, humiliating, and offensive environment' for her.  : : Financial administrator Renata Metling whose boss at tech firm Knight IT Group asked her if her 'Botox affected : her brain' has won £5,000 in a sex discrimination claim (stock photo) : : The tech firm operated out of this industrial unit in Wokingham, Berkshire. : It was issued with a winding up order in July 2024  : The company - which had under five employees - provides IT hardware and it was heard : Ms Metling was 'praised' in the first few months of her employment. : But she told the tribunal that in early January 2023 Mr Kenny became : 'impatient and irritated' when she asked him how to : perform certain tasks. : She described asking Mr Kenny a question, and said that instead of replying he asked : her if 'Botox had affected her brain'. : The administrator said that the day after this interaction he 'threatened' to reduce her wages after she 'supposedly asked a stupid question about the operating system'. : : She said the comments were 'not made in jest but were intended to make her feel stupid and deter her : from asking more questions'. : Ms Metling added that she heard him comment on another staff member's appearance by saying that she looked like : somebody 'who had had a hard life' which meant 'he didn't : think she was pretty'. : Ms Metling also recalled him referring to another woman as a 'bird' and : told the panel he dismissed her concerns when she said this was 'not appropriate'. : : The administrator also described overhearing managing director Mr Kenny referring to her predecessor as 'stupid, and a 'b**ch' when he came across mistakes they had : made. : The panel noted that the tech company denied making any derogatory comments. : : In early March, Mr Kenny met with Ms Metling : and said he was going to extend her probationary period by a month due to her performance. : : The panel said that Mr Kenny thought Ms Metling's was 'making mistakes' which were 'causing issues with the clients'. : The employment tribunal was held in Watford (pictured) where a panel upheld her claims of harassment and : sex discrimination : While the administrator 'reluctantly agreed' to this at first, she sent him a message the following : day and asked what her notice in the company would be. : : Ms Metling - who had spent a third of her probationary period on holiday : - complained of the ways in which her bosses had treated her : and said that she did not accept the extension of her probationary period. : : The managing director said she could not refuse this and after : seeking legal advice, dismissed her. : Upholding her claim about his comments, Employment Judge Sarah Moore said: 'The conduct was related to : sex and had the effect of creating an intimidating, : hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for : [Ms Metling].' : The tribunal said that in the 'short amount of time for which Ms : Metling was employed and in attendance in the office it appears that : instances of what was effectively misogynistic behaviour were relatively frequent'. : : Ms Moore continued: '[Ms Metling] said that the harassment continued for the duration of her employment. : : 'She found [Mr Kenny's] very frequent and derogatory comments about [other employees] offensive and it : made her feel vulnerable as she was aware that [Mr Kenny]...might also : speak about her like that.' : Knight IT was issued with a winding up petition in July 2024.  :  

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