Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Agency JWT Was Discriminatory in Cutting 5 Straight White Male Workers, UK Ruling Says

The case was filed in 2018 before JWT became part of Wunderman Thompson

In 2018, the year the lawsuit was filed, JWT merged with sister agency Wunderman.Background via Getty Images

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A U.K. tribunal has ruled against former creative agency JWT, now part of Wunderman Thompson, in a case that claimed five men lost their jobs as part of the agency’s drive toward more diverse staffing.

The case was brought in 2018 by two of the U.K.-based men who were made redundant by the agency, creative director Chas Bayfield and his colleague Dave Jenner, who both claimed they were released because they were straight, white and male.