Adel Sallam loses racial discrimination claim at WRC

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The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Adel Sallam’s racial discrimination complaint against Aldi on 15 March 2023, following a hearing on 9 March 2023.

The complaint concerned an Aldi checkout in Drogheda on 15 February 2021. Sallam said he was directed to another till while the light above his checkout remained green; Aldi’s staff said the till was closing as part of the store’s checkout procedures.

The adjudication officer found that Sallam had not established less favourable treatment on racial grounds and dismissed the complaint under the Equal Status Act. The decision records that he accepted he may have interpreted the interaction incorrectly.