Sarah Thompson, 51, denied offering a blowjob (Picture: SWNS)

An estate agent who was offered a blowjob by his boss as an incentive to hit a sales target has won a sex discrimination case against her.

Sarah Thompson, 51, had apparently promised to perform the sex act on Paul Elworthy, 45, at the Your Move work Christmas party if he brought in £180,000.

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Mr Elworthy, a senior financial consultant, told the employment tribunal in south London: ‘This was said in the presence of a number of people. It made me feel very uncomfortable. I did not report it as she was my line manager. I would not get a fair hearing.’

Thompson, who works at Your Move’s regional HQ in Chessington, South London, had denied making the offer but the panel unanimously ruled in Mr Elworthy’s favour.




They had heard evidence from his colleague Giles Barrett who recalled hearing Thompson make the comment.

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Paul Elworthy, 45, appearing at the employment tribunal in south London (Picture: SWNS)

Mr Barrett said he had followed up the remark by asking her ‘does that count for everyone?’ to which she replied ‘no, you’re married’.

The room then apparently erupted with laughter.

The employment tribunal stopped short of ruling the incident was harassment as they said it did not amount to this.

They also found against Mr Elworthy’s claim of constructive unfair dismissal after he said he was forced to clean toilets, which he later accepted did not happen.

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Paul Elworthy 45, said the offer was made during a work Christmas party (Picture: SWNS)

In their judgement, the tribunal ruled: ‘We have found that Ms Thompson’s comment left the claimant feeling “a bit uncomfortable” and “not great”.

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‘It did not meet the bar for harassment but we find that the effect on him was nevertheless a detriment.

‘It was a highly sexualised comment and we have no hesitation in finding that the comment was made because of the claimant’s gender.’

A further hearing will determine the amount of damages that will be paid to Mr Elworthy.

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