An accountancy worker who claims she was sacked because she had an arranged marriage, is to launch a claim for unfair dismissal and race discrimination.
The former tax administrator alleges that she was made redundant by accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward in London last December, a year after having an arranged marriage.
Ayesha Sheika also claims that a manager refused to put her forward for accountancy training because of the arranged marriage.
Richard Leong, a lawyer at the London Discrimination Unit, said Sheika was the only one of 120 department staff to be made redundant and someone was now working in her former role.
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BDO Stoy Hayward has set up an internal inquiry, and a spokeswoman said: “We are not able to go into any more details until the investigation is finished, but at this stage we absolutely deny the allegations.”
Sheika, who is a muslim, is expected to claim unfair dismissal, race discrimination and discrimination on the grounds of religious belief at a Central London employment tribunal later this year.
