A job-hunter today claimed £55,888 compensation from Virgin Atlantic for being rejected in his name of Max Kpakio - but accepted when he changed it to the more British-sounding 'Craig Owen'.African-born university graduate Mr Kpakio, 36, is taking Sir Richard Branson's airline to an employment tribunal accusing it of racial discrimination.
The father-of-three, who was born in Liberia but has lived in Britain for 10 years and is now a British citizen, was rejected when he applied for a job at a Virgin call centre in Swansea under his real name.Suspecting his rejection was due to his African name, Mr Kpakio resubmitted a simplified version of his own CV in the more 'British-sounding' name of Craig Owen, and claims he was immediately invited for interview.Not only that, but the firm repeatedly chased him for interview, despite his not responding to their original request
You can say all you want but discrimination and other evils still exist
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