We are about to resume for the second half of this afternoon on the last day of the employment tribunal of Maria Kelly v Leonardo UK. The last session can be found here:
J That is your evidence finished.
J - in terms of procedure, need to find date for further hearing. Date 21 or 22 Oct and a date in Nov.
There is discussion about dates for submissions and clarifying what the Oct dates are
Welcome to the final day's PM session of the employment tribunal of Maria Kelly v Leonardo UK (L). We hope to resume at 2.05
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Abbreviations:
J – Employment Judge Michelle Sutherland
P – Panel member sitting with the judge.
C or MK - Maria Kelly, claimant
NC - Naomi Cunningham, barrister for C
R or L - Leonardo UK, respondents
ST - Susanne Tanner, KC, barrister for R
This is the second afternoon session of Day 3 of Kelly v Leonardo.
We will resume after the short break.
NC - afternoon. a few qu about L women generally. It's right L says it is F friendly to attract talent.
AL - at pains to be an inclusive employer and we don't want to miss out on good employees and yes absolutely want to be seen as good to women and more generally
NC - F leadersh
NC - leadership, mentorship etc on your site, ambitions to increase numbers etc
AL - yes stated aim to invest time and skills promoting STEM subjects
NC - paraphrasing, you said you regard L to open an dresponsive to feedback from staff.
AL - yes
This is the PM session of Day 3 of the employment tribunal of Maria Kelly v Leonardo UK (L).
She alleges harassment, direct & indirect discrimination.
L, a leading aerospace company, has a policy permitting employees to use toilets accord to their gender identity.
The afternoon session should begin at 2pm
We are adding new abbreviations after this morning's evidence.
Please note that AR reported this morning was Andrew Letton, Head of Div+Inc at L.
From now on he will be referred to as AL.
The sound quality is challenging.
A reminder that we post what we hear in good faith but do not provide a verbatim report.
Abbreviations:
C or MK - Claimant, Maria Kelly
NC - Naomi Cunningham, barrister for C
KW - Katy Wedderburn, solicitor for C
R or L - Respondent. Leonardo UK