Sharanjeet Kaur awarded €143,268 over employment complaints

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Sharanjeet Kaur was awarded €143,268 by the Workplace Relations Commission across several employment complaints, including gender discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment. The proceedings were reported on 3 April 2024.

The WRC found her complaints well founded after her employer withdrew and did not contest her evidence. The decision concerned her work at a takeaway in Skerries, Co Dublin.

The adjudicator found that Kaur was discriminated against on grounds of gender, harassed and sexually harassed. She received €60,000 for those findings; the total of all awards was €143,268.

The reports say the awards also covered employment rights breaches and unfair dismissal. Kaur said that, after deductions, she was left earning the equivalent of €4.46 an hour for a 50-hour week.