A broker at BNP Paribas SA who complained about being paid less than male colleagues won her employment suit after a London judge ruled that she suffered sexual discrimination. Stacey Macken, a prime brokerage product manager who still works at the bank, said the judgment “proves that pay discrimination is occurring in the banking industry.” On one occasion, Macken came into work to find a witch’s hat on her desk. “Leaving a witch’s hat on a female employees desk, in a predominantly male working environment, was an inherently sexist act,” Judge James Tayler said in a ruling published Tuesday. The episode ... (full story)