India, Aug. 5 -- Goldman Sachs has been ordered to pay £1.45 million (around Rs.18.5 crore) to a former vice president who was dismissed while on parental leave, after a London employment tribunal found that he had been unfairly fired and subjected to sex discrimination.

The former executive, Jonathan Reeves, worked as a senior vice president and deputy head of the control room in Goldman Sachs' London compliance division. The tribunal ruled that his dismissal in 2022, while he was on six months of paid parental leave, was discriminatory and unfair. The compensation also takes into account the impact the legal case had on his ability to find another permanent job.

Reeves had spent around 15 years at Goldman Sachs and had consistent...