London, June 25: A PRETTY shop assistant who claims she was made to work in a store’s stockroom because of her prosthetic arm arrives at an employment tribunal yesterday.
Riam Dean, 22 – who was born with her left forearm missing – said she was hidden from customers at trendy Abercrombie & Fitch.
She said bosses let her wear a cardigan at first, but then told her it did not match the store’s “look policy”.
A manager allegedly told the law student she could return to the shop floor only if she removed the cardigan.
Law student Riam, of Greenford, West London, said: “I felt humiliated. I questioned my worth as a human being.”
But the US chain claimed she exaggerated the impact of her experience at the Savile Row branch.
It denies discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal at the hearing in central London.
The case continues.
–Agencies