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Objective rather than subjective test

Where an employee was told that a decision to transfer her was taken because she was a woman, the employers could not avoid a finding of sex discrimination by showing that the true reason for their decision was her unsatisfactory performance, rules the EAT in Allen v Cannon Hygiene Ltd.

Sandy Allen was employed as a medical driver and service operative from April 1989.