Japanese company has reached a rare settlement with the company. The man in question was outed as gay by his boss to his fellow employees, and claims he suffered discrimination by his co-workers as a result.Neither the name of the former employee or the company have been released to the public.
The Japanese Times, however, reports that the firm has pledged to pay damages to the employee under a new law banning LGBTQ discrimination in Japan.
The law went into effect this past June.According to the lawsuit, the man decided to come out to his boss when he joined the company last year.
Soon after, co-workers began to avoid him, with one woman even quitting the company to do so. The man’s boss later revealed that he had outed the employee to his.