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<\/div>\nThe woman worked for the firm from 2019 until her resignation in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A boss wrote ‘xx’ in an official email, and one of his employees sued him for sexual harassment on the basis of that ‘offensive’ mail, reports the BBC.<\/em><\/p>\n According to the news outlet,<\/a> Karina Gasparova, who was an IT worker and a project manager at the London office of essDOCS, a company that provides “paperless trade solutions”, sued her boss Alexander Goulandris for these emails and took the firm to the employment tribunal, claiming sexual harassment, discrimination, and unfair dismissal.<\/p>\n This is the text of the email that Mr. Goulandris wrote to Karina, which was presented to the employment tribunal as evidence in the case:<\/p>\n “Can you please complete the following:<\/em><\/p>\n The solution us currently used by xx Agris companies and yy Barge lines in corn cargoes in south-north flows in the ???? waterways.<\/em><\/p>\n Also, can you remind me of what the balance of the rollout will be and the approx. timing.<\/em><\/p>\n Thanks”<\/em><\/p>\n When describing this email, Ms. Gasparova claimed that the letters “xx” stood for kisses, “yy” for sexual contact, and “????” was a veiled question requesting “when she would be ready” to do sexual acts.<\/p>\n Ms. Gasparova said before the tribunal’s judges that she believed her boss had yelled at her because he wanted a sexual relationship and she had “rejected his advances.”<\/p>\n However, the employment tribunal at London Central Court determined that Karina Gasparova’s perception of the events was “skewed” after hearing the entire case and reviewing the evidence she provided.<\/p>\n