Cesar Omar Perez Vargas, the former head chef at Pot Kiln in West Berkshire, received a £20,000 payout after an employment tribunal ruled in his favor over racial and sexual harassment allegations. The case arose when Vargas walked out due to unreasonable workload demands on a busy shift. His boss, Mr. Rockcliff, allegedly followed him home, making derogatory remarks about his Mexican heritage and unfounded accusations of harassment. The tribunal highlighted the importance of fair treatment at workplaces, especially amid increasing scrutiny of discriminatory practices.
An employment tribunal heard the claims after Cesar Omar Perez Vargas, former head chef of five star restaurant Pot Kiln in Thatcham, West Berkshire, walked out of the restaurant during a busy Sunday shift in which he ended up serving around 60 customers, when he originally agreed to cover no more than 45 on a Sunday.
Mr Perez Vargas alleged that Mr Rockcliff followed him on his way home as he walked out and said: I knew that you Mexicans were not reliable people.
A chef has received a 20,000 payout for racial and sexual oriented harassment after his boss ranted that people from his home country of Mexico were not reliable and threatened to get him deported.
The chef claimed that he felt he was being imposed upon and given an unreasonable workload; when Mr Rockcliff was confronted with this, he denied it and asked the chef to carry on working, which led him to walk out.
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