Firm ordered to pay €7,000 to worker after homophobic graffiti appeared in workplace

A Dublin based company has been ordered to pay a worker €7,000 after graffiti appeared in his workplace with the "highly offensive and deplorable" word ‘faggot’.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the worker, Ruffy Magat stated that the term ‘faggot’ is the most degrading term for a gay person. The Asian man told the WRC hearing that there was ongoing harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace.