A controversial court case

   

   Cantor Fitzgerald has been tragically famous since September 11^th 2001, when it lost 658 of
   its staff in the World Trade Center. Recently, it has appeared back in the news in Britain
   because one of its staff has taken it to court for breach of contract. Steven Honkulak is the
   managing director of interest rates derivatives, which is a highly stressful job but he earns
   -L-400,000 plus bonuses.

   However, his boss, Lee Amaitis, who has worked with the company for many years is a very tough
   and aggressive man. Mr Honkulak claims that Mr Amaitis, regularly threatened to dismiss him
   and caused him so much stress that he started to drink and take medication. He finally left
   the company and asked for -L-1m compensation. The company defended itself by saying ‘Mr
   Amaitis contributed to the success of this company with his vision and hard work. Mr Honkulak,
   however wanted the rewards of the senior position but his weaknesses made him unable to cope
   with the job.’ The judge awarded Mr Honkulak -L-1m, saying that there are limits beyond which
   no employer should go.