Abercrombie & Fitch
August 13, 2009 on 5:46 pm | In News | 5 CommentsThis is about the lady who was put into the stock room by managers for not conforming with the stores ‘look’ policy’. She has a prosthetic arm. Read the article for more information: I think the outcome of the trial is damn right. The store had it coming with behaviour like that. However…
“She was awarded £136 compensation, £6,800 for hurt feelings and £1,077 for loss of earnings.”
£136 compensation? and £6,800 for hurt feelings? What on earth is the compensation for then, and how much are hurt feelings worth, exactly? I disagree with the centre statement, I think it should be excluded and that the court ruling should have included £6,936 compensation and £1,077 for loss of earnings.
Something about getting paid for hurt feelings irritates me. It’s no fault of the girl, but I think that balance should have been addressed. I’ve not put this well, but I hope it makes sense to you.
Your thoughts?
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What is the difference between compensation and hurt feelings? Compensation for what? It’s all very silly indeed but the Supreme Court gives me warm fuzzy feelings.
Comment by Fiona — August 16, 2009 #
That’s a pity, I was hoping you’d be the one who could tell me what the difference was! Ah well…the law moves in mysterious ways, it would seem.
Comment by Callan — August 17, 2009 #
Hah! No, I don’t know. But I can find out…
Comment by Fiona — August 17, 2009 #
Right. As far as I can tell, the compensation is, in fact, punitive. For the fact that it was a wrong, to punish A&F. This doesn’t really make sense to me – it’s quite a small amount, even in comparison with the other two sums, and compared with Abercrombie and Fitch. It’s in an employment tribunal so I can’t get hold of the case transcript for the time being. How bleeding opaque of them.
Comment by Fiona — August 18, 2009 #
Hmmm, I can imagine that £136 would sorely test A&F’s finance, especially in these trying times. Thanks for the clarification though!
Comment by Callan — August 19, 2009 #