# Tribunal awards young waitress £13,048 over discrimination at Highland hotel

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/teenage-waitress-who-was-on-7-an-hour-wins-more-than-13000-after-being-shouted-at-for-dropping-an-apple-crumble/
- Published: 2026-10-27T01:06:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T01:22:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16241109/Teenage-waitress-wins-13-000-shouted-apple-crumble.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Daniesha Charles was awarded £13,048 by an employment tribunal.
- The tribunal found discrimination on four grounds.
- She was 15 and paid £7 an hour at the time.

## Summary

A tribunal awarded Daniesha Charles £13,048 after finding that a Highland hotel discriminated against her because of her age, sex, race and disability. The ruling followed reports that the 15-year-old waitress was shouted and sworn at by the chef and general manager after she dropped an apple crumble, leaving her in tears.

Charles worked at the Royal Thurso Hotel from May to June 2024 for £7 an hour, while studying at college and managing dyslexia, depression and anxiety. The tribunal also heard that the chef had shouted at her over misspelling “porridge” and repeatedly referred to her as “that” and “it”; it found the treatment created a hostile and humiliating environment. After her mother complained, the manager said the hotel would end Charles’s employment.

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