Lanarkshire bank worker awarded £22k after boss asked her not to post cake pictures on social media

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A Lanarkshire bank worker has been awarded £22,000 after her boss rang her while she was off sick to ask her not to post pictures of cakes on Facebook.

Victoria Lindsay, who has PTSD, was signed off with severe anxiety but continued to experience distress due to regular check-up calls from the manager, a tribunal heard.

The HBOS manager – named only as Ms Jallow in the tribunal’s ruling, unreasonably questioned the mortgage adviser’s medication and without any justification insisted she ask her doctor for a review of it.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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