"Black sheep" remark not racist
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Clark v B&Q plc [1995] IT/56318/94 (0 other reports)
A reference to an employee as "a black sheep" could not be regarded as a reference to colour or ethnic origin, says a Southampton industrial tribunal (Chair: M A Rich) in Clark v B&Q plc.
Alfredo Clark, who is of Portuguese nationality, was employed as a departmental manager in Bognor Regis.