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Sunbed salon worker fired because she used to have skin cancer wins pay out

Fun VLOG August 02, 2021
Sofi Lorimer quit her twice a week sunbed habit after having 15 operations to remove tumours when diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2015, an employment tribunal heard.
Sofi Lorimer quit her sunbed habit after having 15 operations to remove tumours (Picture: SWNS)

A tanning salon worker sacked because she used to have skin cancer has successfully sued her boss.

Sofi Lorimer quit her twice a week sunbed habit after having 15 operations to remove tumours when diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2015, an employment tribunal heard.

And when she started work at Smart Tan UK in March 2020, she claimed it ‘wasn’t in my job description to have to go into the sunbeds’.

But four months later, when one of the beds developed a fault, boss Aslam Mohammed told her to get inside the machine to fix it while it was switched on.

The 36-year-old told him about her past diagnosis and was sacked three days later on ‘health and safety’ grounds.

A tribunal heard Mr Mohammed told her: ‘I don’t feel you should work here anymore as you had cancer. I don’t feel it is appropriate.’

But judges ruled the salon owner discriminated against the mum-of-two due to her disability and ordered him to pay her £9,300 compensation.

***EMBARGO 2PM/14.00HRS GMT SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST 2021*** Sofi Lorimer with her brother Jordan - just before her diagnosis in 2015 when she was using sun beds alot. A mum has won a ?9,300 pay out after the boss at the tanning salon where she worked sacked her because she used to have cancer. See SWNS story SWSYcancer. Sofi Lorimer, 36, used tanning beds twice a week before she was diagnosed with skin cancer - and quit the bulbs when she overcame the condition. But while recently working as an assistant at a tanning salon, she had to get inside one of the beds, while it was on, to fix a fault, leaving her feeling
Sofi Lorimer with her brother Jordan – just before her diagnosis in 2015 (Picture: SWNS)
***EMBARGO 2PM/14.00HRS GMT SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST 2021*** Sofi Lorimer after her skin cancer removal surgery. A mum has won a ?9,300 pay out after the boss at the tanning salon where she worked sacked her because she used to have cancer. See SWNS story SWSYcancer. Sofi Lorimer, 36, used tanning beds twice a week before she was diagnosed with skin cancer - and quit the bulbs when she overcame the condition. But while recently working as an assistant at a tanning salon, she had to get inside one of the beds, while it was on, to fix a fault, leaving her feeling
Sofi Lorimer has won a pay out from her old job (Picture: SWNS)

Speaking after ruling, she said: ‘The anxiety he caused me was horrible.

‘He brought back all the pain and fear of being ill.’

Ms Lorimer, of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, added: ‘Some people think I’m mental for working in a sun bed shop but I enjoyed it.

‘I didn’t have to tell him my personal circumstances, but thought he would say, “No problem”, as a normal manager would. He thought he was untouchable.

‘I just wanted him to understand he had been cruel and that you can’t treat people like that.’

She claims the ‘stress’ of the case led to her developing fibromyalgia, a disorder that causes widespread pain.

Mr Mohammed and Smart Tan UK were not available for comment.

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