WRC dismisses Health Care Assistant’s sexual harassment complaint against HSE

The Workplace Relations Commission found that a Health Care Assistant’s sexual harassment complaint against the Health Service Executive was brought outside the time limit and was not well founded; the merits were not decided. The decision was dated 27 January 2025. The complainant said the alleged harassment continued and that she was led to believe an internal investigation depended on her not going to the Gardaí or instructing a solicitor. The HSE denied continuing discrimination or misrepresentation. The adjudicator found the delayed investigation was not a continuation of the alleged harassment and that the line manager’s communication about a criminal investigation did not cause the delay.