Household HSBC Watch

According to the Telegraph, a top finance adviser at HSBC was forced out of her £200,000 a year job because of the “laddish culture” in her office, an employment tribunal heard yesterday. The 47-year-old, who worked for HSBC for 29 years, said that some of her more lucrative clients were passed on to male colleagues […]

A branch of one of the world’s biggest banks has been found guilty of racism after a senior member of staff told a colleague she would be voting for Robert Kilroy-Silk at the last general election because she said he promised to “get rid of the foreigners”.

The remark was overheard by another employee, who […]

LONDON (Reuters) - A senior HSBC executive told an employment tribunal on Thursday the bank’s handling of a sexual harassment case which led to the dismissal of a gay banker was not perfect, but had been fair.

Charles Laughton-Scott, HSBC’s deputy head of global banking, who handled a disciplinary appeal by Peter Lewis, the gay banker, […]

Several of HSBC’s top executives will testify about their roles in the dismissal of a senior City trader seeking £5 million over alleged homophobia. Mark Bucknall, who retired last month as head of investment banking, and Charlie Laughton-Scott, HSBC’s head of corporate and investment banking, were involved in the disciplinary hearings for Peter […]

England - 16 May 2005 = A man who quit his job after learning that his boss used a homophobic remark against him has won damages at an employment tribunal. Already they have seen Rob Whitfield receive £35,000 for suffering gay taunts from his employers, while similar cases against Deutsche Bank and HSBC are […]

HSBC begins to round out the field of those discriminated against. Higher car rates for blacks and hispanics, redlining african americans on home mortgages, and predatory mortgage lending which discriminates against those with lower FICO scores. Add to that the latest charge - PETER Lewis, former global head of equities at HSBC, is […]