A nurse was awarded more than $50,000 after a tribunal heard that a colleague stopped making tea for her. Former St. Helier Hospital diabetes specialist Susan Hamilton told a London panel the move was evidence of workplace “bullying” by co-worker Abdool Nayeck, a dietician. She told the tribunal in the U.K. capital that Nayeck “stopped making tea for her when he was making it for all other team members” and also ignored her in meetings. The pair’s relationship soured further after a 2018 disagreement over the care of a patient, the panel heard. “I don’t like you,” Nayeck is alleged to have told Hamilton. After that, he became “noticeably dismissive,” she said. The pair, after intervention from bosses, agreed to be civil. Hamilton said that the only change was that Nayeck stopped making tea for everyone. She left her role in 2019 and returned in January 2021, when she lodged an official complaint about the hospital’s alleged failure to deal with her grievance properly. She again resigned later that year, citing “a total breakdown of trust and confidence.” Her complaint against the hospital was upheld, but the one against Nayeck was dismissed before being upheld on appeal.
