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12 Aug 2002

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Daily Record [UK]

Workers get £3.9M payouts [UK]

Victims of unlawful discrimination at work won a record £3.9million in compensation last year. The Equal Opportunities Review said there were 329 payouts - up 10 per cent from the previous year. The biggest settlement for a sex discrimination case went to a woman sacked because she was pregnant. Marks & Spencer clothes suppliers Bentwood Brothers had to pay her £190,663.