Mixed-race Irish man awarded €5,000 for racial harassment

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An unnamed mixed-race Irish man won €5,000 for racial harassment at the Workplace Relations Commission; the decision was reported on 20 June 2024.

The WRC found that comments made during a workplace canteen conversation on 19 July 2023 created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for him.

Adjudicator Orla Jones upheld his harassment claim against an unnamed medical device manufacturer, finding its remedial action insufficient to reverse the effects of the harassment.

The WRC rejected his separate claims that the employer discriminated against him on racial grounds or victimised him.