Woman wins payout after boss coughed in her face during Covid pandemic

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Davies, 62, mocked the employee of his car sales and property business in the days before lockdown after she expressed her health fears to colleagues.

The woman had asked fellow workers at Cawdor Cars to socially distance from her – as was recommended by officials – because she suffered from psoriatic arthritis and an autoimmune condition.

The employment judge Tobias Vincent Ryan said Davies “coughed in her direction deliberately and loudly, commenting that she was being ridiculous”.

Judge Ryan said Davies set out to “ridicule and intimidate” the woman with his “gross behaviour” on 17 March 2020 – a week before the first lockdown was announced.

Judge Ryan found other members of the firm’s management team overheard the coughing incident, but he said when called to give evidence in the tribunal they came across “defensively and as not being wholly straightforward”.

The judge ordered that the woman receive a payout of £26,438.84 – with Cawdor Cars handing her £18,000 in damages for injury to feelings and Davies paying £3,841.94 for unfair dismissal and £4,596.90 in interest.

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Am I crazy or should that be assault, given the context?
Like spitting over a bridge and landing on someone isn't a crime, but spitting in their face can be.
- Bite your tongue, this is a job creator we talking about!
She should receive a court-sanctioned opportunity to kick him in the balls, also.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Davies, 62, mocked the employee of his car sales and property business in the days before lockdown after she expressed her health fears to colleagues.
The woman had asked fellow workers at Cawdor Cars to socially distance from her – as was recommended by officials – because she suffered from psoriatic arthritis and an autoimmune condition.
The employment judge Tobias Vincent Ryan said Davies “coughed in her direction deliberately and loudly, commenting that she was being ridiculous”.
Judge Ryan said Davies set out to “ridicule and intimidate” the woman with his “gross behaviour” on 17 March 2020 – a week before the first lockdown was announced.
Judge Ryan found other members of the firm’s management team overheard the coughing incident, but he said when called to give evidence in the tribunal they came across “defensively and as not being wholly straightforward”.
The judge ordered that the woman receive a payout of £26,438.84 – with Cawdor Cars handing her £18,000 in damages for injury to feelings and Davies paying £3,841.94 for unfair dismissal and £4,596.90 in interest.
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we're still in the pandemic
good
She should have been handed the reigns to his business for that.