Former bank employee wins lawsuit
Former bank employee wins lawsuit
Former bank employee won 1.5 million dollar lawsuit for workplace mobbing she endured.
Ex-Deutsche Bank employee wins £800,000 after claims that bullying led to nervous breakdown
01 August 2006 12:22
A former Deutsche Bank employee who claimed her ex-colleagues bullied her into a nervous breakdown has been awarded £800,000 in damages and lost earnings
A former Deutsche Bank employee who claimed her ex-colleagues bullied her into a nervous breakdown has been awarded £800,000 in damages and lost earnings.
Helen Green sued Deutsche Bank’s DB Group Services unit in London for harassment and negligence, saying it failed to protect her from abusive colleagues and tolerated a culture of bullying at the bank.
Green said she suffered two nervous breakdowns during her time at DB Group Services after being targeted for bullying by four female colleagues. She also said she was harassed by senior male managers.
The High Court in London today backed her claim, saying she was subjected to a “relentless campaign of mean and spiteful behaviour designed to cause her distress”.
“The line managers knew or ought to have known what was going on,” Justice Robert Owen wrote in the judgment. “This was a long-standing problem. A number of others had been bullied.”
Deutsche Bank denied wrongdoing and said it paid for stress counselling and other therapy for Green while she was employed.
Green today said she was “delighted’” with the decision, saying it marked the end of a “long and painful battle”.
“In fighting my case, I have become more aware of what a big problem bullying is for the City,” she said. “My case was not an isolated one.”
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