Beacon of female equality in court over accusations of bullying

A sacked executive at a firm that promotes its superior record in the employment of women in senior ranks has mounted a $9 million unlawful dismissal case over claims of bullying and discrimination.

Sally Berkeley, who ran Pacific Brands' bra division Berlei before becoming the head of women's underwear last year, alleges she was bullied by the underwear general manager, Ross Taylor, and that her redundancy in December was a sham.

Ms Berkeley is represented by the law firm Harmers Workplace, which made headlines last year when it ran a $37 million sexual harassment claim brought by a David Jones publicist, Kirsty Fraser-Kirk, against the retailer and its former chief executive Mark McInnes.

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