Sylvia
by Philip
Well on Friday we said goodbye to Sylwia (yes with a w). Slywia spent a month’s placement at PJH Law from Krakow’s university, where she is studying law.
She had originally taken a year out in 2005 to work in Edinburgh. Unfortunately her first job at an Italian restaurant ended when she was sexually harassed by the proprietor. She took him to Tribunal, won her claim, and fearing a Cosa Nostra type backlash, she moved to Manchester, where she worked behind the bar at Manchester United. She met all the players and attended the England Macedonia game.Sarah at PJH Law contacted her after reading about Sylwia’s sexual harassment story in one of those magazines you find at Dentists (Chat?Hello?) and we agreed a one month work placement.
Whilst she was with us, beside assisting on day to day office duties, she placed some ads in Polish print and digital media in the UK about problems at work. We were inundated with calls from Poles working in the UK, most of whom were not on the books, most earning about £2.50 per hour, very few with a written contract. Needless to say Sylwia worked tirelessly for them on a pro bono basis during her time here.
Anyway in her pin striped tie and suit and her love of photography, and coming from East Europe, we were unsure whether she most reminded us of Tereza or Sabina in Milan Kundera’s classic book the unbearable lightness of being. Highly commended for those who have not read the book or seen the film.
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