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Tony Danker ‘planning legal action’ against CBI after sacking

The former CEO was sacked after allegations of misconduct toward several employees surfaced

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Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) director general Tony Danker addresses the annual CBI conference at the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham on November 21, 2022. - The UK's recent austerity budget may avert a deeper recession, but the government must focus more on growth to improve the country's long-term prospects, the CBI will say. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Tony Danker is reportedly planning to sue the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) over his sacking for complaints against his alleged behaviour. 

The former CBI chief, who is Jewish, is consulting lawyers as he considers filing a potential claim against the CBI, according to The Sunday Times. 

Employment tribunals must be brought within three months, meaning Danker, 51, has until July to launch his claim. 

Danker was sacked after allegations of misconduct toward several employees surfaced.  

In January, Danker argued that the allegations of misconduct, including sexual harassment, were unfounded, insisting there had been no sexual element to his relationship with a woman who complained about him.

Danker said it was "mortifying to hear that I have caused offence or anxiety to any colleague" but insisted it was "completely unintentional". 

In a statement announcing his dismissal earlier this year, the CBI said Danker’s conduct had “fallen short of that expected of the director general.” 

Danker was chair of the Union of Jewish Students from 1993 to 1994 and worked for the former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks in the mid 1990s. 

CBI president Brian McBride characterised Danker’s description of his termination letter as “selective”, and said the decision had been taken unanimously by the board on “very firm” legal ground. 

The CBI declined to comment. Danker could not be reached.

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