A university worker has sued for racial harassment after she was banned from putting up a Christmas tree in November.
Marilyn Maher claimed her boss Jacqueline Roberts, 'humiliated' her when she said it was 'too early' to put up the festive decoration, a tribunal heard.
When Ms Maher was then given the go-ahead to put up the tree in December, she refused.
The university administrator, who is black, later sued the University of Hertfordshire for racial harassment over the incident.
She also claimed she was made to feel like a 'black slave' after she was told not to eat food at a leaving party before her departing colleague had arrived.
