A laboratory scientist is suing the “woman-dominated” firm where he worked, claiming that his female boss told him to “man up”.
Daniel Price alleges that “extreme discrimination against males” made the company a “toxic workplace”. He claims that his manager Ashleigh Knowles told him “men are less organised” and that he was repeatedly ordered to “go away” during “girls-only” conversations.
Mr Price says he was the only worker instructed to carry boxes, being told “because you’re a man”. He once refused, due to a hernia, but was ordered to “man up and get on with it, it’s only a few boxes”, a tribunal heard.
Mr Price was dismissed last May after 16 months with food-test specialists PiQ in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. An employment judge in Cardiff
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