Lloyds Wins Discrimination Suits Over Pro-Palestine Posts Despite ‘Heavy Handed’ Disciplinary Action

Lloyds Bank Plc won religious discrimination lawsuits against two employees it punished for posting pro-Palestine messages on the bank’s internal chat, in a disciplinary process that London employment judges called “heavy handed.”

The employment tribunal dismissed the lawsuits from Afra Sohail and Aunngbeen Khalid saying the bank was right to remove the posts. The two women sued the bank in 2022 alleging discrimination on the basis of political and religious beliefs after the bank sanctioned and reported them to the Financial Conduct Authority for gross misconduct.