News.Independent.co.uk – Marie Woolf, Political Editor
A transsexual business executive claiming damages of ?500,000 for discrimination at work has been ordered to leave the country by the Home Office.
Jessica Bussert, 41, has been told her work permit is no longer valid and she must return to the United States this week.
The senior IT consultant has claimed damages from Hitachi Data Systems at an employment tribunal for discrimination in what could prove a test case for transsexuals everywhere. But after she filed a claim for constructive dismissal she received a letter from the Home Office saying her work permit was no longer valid and she had 28 days to leave the country.