Unnamed Centra supermarket ordered to pay €6,000 for discrimination

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An unnamed Centra supermarket was ordered to pay €6,000 for racial discrimination by the Workplace Relations Commission, reported on 18 September 2024. The decision concerned a refusal of service at a provincial-town store on 5 October 2023.

The WRC found that the customer had been denied service based on a stereotype of people with Roma heritage and had been harassed over how he was ejected. It rejected his separate victimisation claim concerning a complaint made on behalf of his wife.