A WOMAN told an industrial tribunal yesterday how she had considered

suicide after she was sexually harassed at work.

The 31-year-old financial consultant claimed she went home from work

sick after enduring a constant stream of sexual harassment from male

colleagues and ended up in a psychiatric hospital for three days.

She was ill for several months and she even considered suicide at one

point when she reached an all time low, she told the Glasgow tribunal.

Mrs X from Glasgow claims she was sexually harassed while working as a

financial consultant in Glasgow. The tribunal has ordered that none of

the parties can be named until a final decision is reached.

She told the tribunal how she ended up in tears at work every day

because of her male colleagues, and how she ended up screaming, bawling,

having tantrums and throwing things.

She said she had objected to a director calling her ''darling'' and he

started calling her ''you old bag'' instead.

''They were making remarks about my appearance, my clothes, my

underwear, what I had been doing last night,'' she told the tribunal.

''They told disgusting stories on a daily basis and would tell silly

jokes that women were only good for two things, one of them in the

kitchen.

''It was just getting harder and harder to go into the office. I tried

to do the best I could under trying circumstances. I felt the more and

more I complained the worse it was getting for me.

''I just continued to tell them to shut up and say I didn't think it

was fair. They made comments about women coming in for interviews, about

me and even about their own wives.

''At the end I was standing in reception screaming and bawling, having

tantrums and throwing things.''

At a meeting with her manager, she claimed she was expressing how

upset she was about a previous incident and he told her about an office

party where one of the girls was nearly raped.

''I was under the impression I was getting picked on and victimised

and it was impossible to continue working there.''

While she was ill, she said she felt she would never work again.

The company, together with her former director and branch manager,

deny sex discrimination.

The hearing continues.