Baker wins €4,000 over racial slur by colleague, WRC finds

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A baker has been awarded €4,000 after the Workplace Relations Commission found he was harassed on racial grounds by a colleague. The WRC rejected his other discrimination complaints under the Employment Equality Act.

The adjudicator accepted the worker’s sworn evidence that a colleague subjected him to a racial slur in Polish at work on or about June 23rd, 2019. The worker said he understood its meaning only months later. The employer was held vicariously liable despite efforts to support him and address his complaints.