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After the president was accused of sexism, the FIA claims that "due process" was followed in employee's resignation

Posted : 26 April 2023
The FIA claims that "due process was followed" when a former employee left the organization after sexism charges against its head surfaced.

Prior to her resignation in December of last year, Shaila-Ann Rao allegedly accused president Mohammed Ben Sulayem of acting in a sexist manner in a letter, according to reports.

Former interim secretary general for motorsport for the FIA, Rao departed the position after only six months.

Rao quit following "a cordial exchange," an FIA spokesman said.

The FIA's laws provide that the Senate of the organization must assess any investigation into whether the president of motorsport's governing body has violated the organization's code of ethics.

Following an amicable dialogue led by the president of the senate, no referrals were made to the ethics committee, the FIA stated in a statement

"As previously stated, both parties agreed she would leave her position in November 2022 and mutual privacy terms were agreed, as is common business practice."

Referring to wider allegations of bullying and abusive behaviour by Ben Sulayem, the statement said: "There have been no complaints received against the president."

The statement added: "The FIA takes allegations of abuse very seriously and addresses all complaints using robust and clear procedures.

"As part of this, the FIA has an anti-harassment policy, an anonymous whistleblowing facility and an investigation procedure and all staff are made aware of these through an induction and regular training."

The claims made against Rao are the most recent in a string of disputes that have dogged Ben Sulayem since he was elected head of the FIA in December 2021.

His stance to a number of regulatory problems, such as stalling for six months a plan to increase the number of "sprint" races for 2023 and a prohibition on drivers wearing jewelry, which many regarded as a specific attack on Lewis Hamilton, caused him to enrage teams and commercial rights holder F1.

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