Postal clerk wins €1,000 for age discrimination harassment

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An unnamed postal clerk won €1,000 from the Workplace Relations Commission after it upheld her complaint that a supervisor’s remark about a Gilbert O’Sullivan song amounted to harassment on age grounds. The decision was reported on 14 June 2023.

The supervisor described the remark as light-hearted, said it was not malicious and apologised. The WRC rejected the worker’s victimisation, disability accommodation, payment of wages and terms of employment complaints, while finding no evidence of victimisation.