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Lecturer awarded 100,000 pounds after she was fired for being “loud”
A university lecturer in the UK has won over 100,000 pounds after she took her employer to court on charges of unfair dismissal.
The senior academic, Dr Annette Plaut, had been working at the University of Exeter for over 29 years when she was fired by the institution. She was sacked from her post in the university’s physics department because of her loud voice, she claimed.
The dismissal prompted the academic to take up the matter in court. In her complaint, Dr Plaut not only accused the university of being “institutionally unconsciously biased”, but also stated that she had to seek medical help to handle the stress being brought on by her former employer’s ill treatment.
Dr Plaut said that she had a “naturally loud voice” which she attributed to her European Jewish background. She reportedly claimed it was the combination of her being “female and loud” that had led to her being fired after working at the university for nearly three decades.
She holds the distinction of being the first female academic to join the university’s physics department.
In response to the allegation, the university said that Dr Plaut had been fired over the way she dealt with two PhD students and denied categorically that the removal had anything to do with her background or her sex.
The employment tribunal, however, ruled that she had been unfairly dismissed. The university was then ordered to pay Dr Plaut 100,000 pounds. — ndtv.com
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NCA clamps down on 62 defaulting stations
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has directed non-
compliant FM Broadcasting Stations to immediately suspend operations on their respective frequencies for various infractions.
According to the NCA, the enforcement action has become necessary due to persistent violations of regulatory requirements, specifically Regulations 54 and 56 of the Electronic Communications Regulations, 2011 (L.I. 1991) and the Conditions of their FM Broadcasting Authorisations.
This action follows a directive issued by the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Sam George, mandating the NCA to enforce applicable sanctions on stations found to be in violation of the regulations in the recent audit conducted by the NCA to ensure full compliance with licensing and operational requirements in the broadcasting sector.
Following this directive, the NCA has commenced enforcement of regulatory sanctions against defaulting entities identified in the Frequency Audit Report in phases.
The categorisation of infractions under the first phase is as follows:
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Loose goat evades pursuing police in Georgia
Police in Georgia are hot on the trail of a ‘hoofed Houdini’ — an escaped goat spotted running loose in Duluth.
The Duluth Police Department said on social media that numerous calls came on Tuesday, reporting a loose goat ‘trotting’ on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard ‘like it had somewhere very important to be.’
“Officers responded and attempted to corral the hoofed Houdini as it made its way toward Albion Farm Road, where it hopped a few fences and outsmarted us by disappearing into backyards,” the post said.
Police suspect the goat might be the same animal seen running loose recently in Suwanee.
“Apparently, it had unfinished business in Duluth,” police wrote.
