Kasia Czernik loses sexual harassment discrimination claim

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RTÉ was cleared of liability in Kasia Czernik’s €300,000 sexual harassment discrimination claim after the Workplace Relations Commission rejected it, reported on 5 October 2023.

The WRC found that Czernik had been sexually harassed by a colleague, but that RTÉ had not discriminated against her on gender grounds or subjected her to adverse treatment for making the complaint.

The decision concerned RTÉ’s handling of the complaint against her newsroom colleague, Noel Fogarty. The WRC was satisfied the broadcaster took reasonably practicable steps to prevent further harassment and workplace disadvantage.