WRC rejects discrimination complaint against Polonez over alleged shop incident

The Workplace Relations Commission rejected a discrimination complaint by Danut Nae against Tempside Limited Polonez after finding that he had not established a prima facie case. The decision was dated 17 November 2025. Nae said he was shopping with his Roma wife at the respondent’s Moore Street store on 23 December 2022 when a security guard refused to let her enter because of her race and gender. He said the incident caused him upset and embarrassment. The company denied it happened and said no incident was reported. The adjudicator accepted that a phone photo placed Nae in the store that day, but found his account of the alleged treatment unreliable. She cited a staff roster showing one guard on duty, rather than the two Nae described, and inconsistencies in his account. She found no prima facie case of discrimination by association or harassment. The decision records no monetary award.