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Hotel ordered to pay €20k to sexually harassed chef
Summary
In April 2023 the Workplace Relations Commission ordered Causeway Hospitality Ltd to pay €20,000 to Nadine Harty after finding that the Greenway Manor Hotel failed to conduct a full investigation into her complaints of sexual harassment by the executive chef, Mr M. Harty, who began working as a prep chef on 29 June 2021, alleged that Mr M made lewd comments, blew in her ear, grabbed her waist and wrists, and bit her shoulder. She first raised the matter informally with her line manager, the head chef Mr B, and later filed a written complaint in July 2021. The hotel's management, including a company director, monitored the situation for nearly four months, then decided that Mr M, aged 66, should retire or leave. Harty was told he had left, but no action was taken against him. The tribunal found the hotel's lack of a full investigation and failure to protect Harty constituted gender‑based discrimination, and ordered the compensation.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Hotel ordered to pay €20k to sexually harassed chef. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- November 2021 Incident
- 29 June 2021 Other
- July 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2023-04-11 Publication
Why: Upholding a finding of discrimination on the ground of gender, Ms Cunningham wrote that it was reasonable for Ms Harty to have quit as she had suffered "humiliation and degradation" because of how she was treated. CNI source report
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