The company did not change the transgender employee’s name for almost a year and she will be compensated for moral damages
A transgender Natura employee, who did not have her name changed for almost a year by the company, will receive R$20,000 in compensation for moral damages.
On the 21st, Deputy Labor Judge Tamara Luiza Vieira Rasia, from the 5th Labor Court of Barueri, made the decision and stressed that treatments that offend the image, honor and self-esteem of employees do not contribute to achieving the goals social work.
The judge’s decision determined that the secretary of the court act immediately so that only the updated name of the employee was included in the pole of the procedural relationship.
“Note to the Court’s Secretariat that it is unnecessary to mention the plaintiff’s former civil name, given that she has already obtained the, there being no talk of divergence, as already substantiated”, he spoke.
The employee’s defense claimed: “The aim is to ensure the principle of human dignity and personal freedom, avoiding the embarrassment of subjecting men and women to gender designations that are different from their self-perception, in a discriminatory manner”.
“Employers must ensure the maintenance of a healthy, cordial and socio-educational work environment for their employees, so that all the aforementioned values can be achieved”, highlighted.
“In the case of the records, there is no proof that the plaintiff was called by her hierarchical superiors and work colleagues by her former civil name. On the other hand, the attached email proves that, after obtaining the change of her civil name, the claimant requested the update of the records by the defendant on 07/27/2020”continued.
“Thus, I believe that the spreadsheet attached to the file belongs to the defendant’s internal system, which demonstrates that, contrary to what was alleged in the defense, the defendant had not changed the plaintiff’s first name in all her records until 04/09/2021 ”he stated.
Finally, the judge considered that the company was at fault, configured as negligence in promoting the update of the plaintiff’s name in all of its internal records and then condemned the company to R$ 20,000 for moral damages.
Source: Maxima
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