Get the latest gossip
BBC News Presenters Hold Settlement Talks As Legal Battle Looms Over “Sham” Hiring Process
BBC News anchors Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera, Annita McVeigh are heading to an employment tribunal next week — but could yet settle.
EXCLUSIVE: A group of four female BBC News presenters are preparing to do battle with their bosses next week over what they describe as a “rigged” recruitment process — but there remains a chance that the women could settle. The women applied to become a chief presenter on the retooled BBC News channel, but alleged that managers predetermined their preferred candidates before the hiring process began. Croxall, Giannone, Madera, and McVeigh also made claims about gender pay discrimination, but a London Central Employment Tribunal judge ruled last year that this could not form part of the main hearing because they had previously reached salary settlements.
Or read this on Deadline
