Vanessa Rodrigues Linhan awarded €30,000 for harassment

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Vanessa Rodrigues Linhan was awarded €30,000 for racial and sexual harassment by the Workplace Relations Commission; the decision was reported on 10 April 2024. The reports do not give the date of the hearing or decision.

The adjudicator found Carechoice Swords 2 Ltd liable, concluding it had not established that it took reasonably practicable steps to prevent harassment by two patients. He described the sexual harassment as serious and frightening and found that the worker had also been racially harassed.

One patient cornered Rodrigues Linhan in a room while touching himself, and another shouted racial abuse and pushed a Christmas decoration into her chest. The adjudicator said her detailed evidence about the incidents was undisputed.