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Blue Arrow has been ordered to pay £9,000 to truck driver Vikki-Marie Gaynor, a former soldier who used to be known as Mike.
The recruiter was ordered to pay the compensation after a tribunal ruled it had breached Ms Gaynor’s contract, unlawfully discriminated against her and had failed to comply with the Employment Act.
Employer Exel Europe, an arm of DHL, was ordered to pay compensation of £11,000 for injury to Ms Gaynor’s feelings.
The industrial tribunal in Liverpool heard how, after gender transition, Ms Gaynor had been the target of cruel remarks from colleagues and had inexplicably lost shifts after turning up to work in women’s clothing and jewellery.
Make-up and other items belonging to Ms Gaynor had been taken from her lorry and dumped in a bin at the DHL base in Kirkby.
The tribunal found that DHL had removed Ms Gaynor from her regular run in part because of her gender change but made clear Blue Arrow had no part in that.
The tribunal did conclude, however, that Blue Arrow had discriminated against her because of the way it had dealt with her two grievance complaints.
Ms Gaynor, a Wirral resident who dressed secretly as a woman for 20 years, has appealed against the ruling and is in the process of setting up her own company which deals with transgender discrimination.
A spokeswoman for the recruiter said: “Blue Arrow accepts the outcome of the employment tribunal’s ruling and has reviewed its policies and procedures accordingly. We now consider the matter closed."
“We believe that every employee has the right to work in an environment free from harassment, victimisation and bullying. We constantly review our anti-discrimination policies in order to ensure employees are treated with respect.”
