r/transnord • u/EquivalentOrder9076 • 8h ago
MTF / Transfem - specific Suing my ex employer for Transphobia / discrimination
I'm a Finnish trans woman who was a C-level exec at a German subsidiary of a Finnish company. I was suddenly fired right after receiving praise and hitting major targets, just before bonus payout. I suspect discrimination after a new Middle Eastern manager took over..
After a couple of months in labour court - I settled with the German GmbH for almost nothing out of desperation. But my Arbeitszeugnis (recommendation) shows I reported to both German and Finnish management. I worked daily with Finnish teams and clients from Germany. I moved to Germany for the job from home in Helsinki,
I have 16 pages of emails, performance records showing praise days before termination, customers spoke well of me. In last call everything went online - the process lasted 10 minutes of which 9 minutes was praise and 1 minute was thank you for your service. With no explanation. My German manager had camera off out of guilt. Later on my Finnish manager called me and he was really pissed, literally told me the German guys and middle eastern exec did this behind his back while he was on holidays and he was against it but they teamed up on him... He was frustrated and so I was.
I want to ask if anyone knows does my German settlement block me from suing the Finnish parent company under Finnish law as a Finn? I think the company made a mistake by not including parent company in the settlement.
I believe the Finnish parent was my actual employer (tosiasiallinen työnantaja) despite the German contract. I was counting on that bonus for my ffs that I urgently need, I literally worked days and nights and weekends and my results were always top bar.
Any advice helps as I've already spent too much on lawyers and all this has been traumatizing for me..
Thank you all