WRC rejects 'banter' claim from restaurant director who called bar manager 'queer' almost every day

The director said some of his best friends are gay and lesbian and that he understands the term “queer” is embraced by the LGBT community. The restaurant has been ordered to pay €20,000 in compensation to the bar manager.

A restaurant has been ordered to pay €20,000 in compensation to a gay bar manager after a director called him "queer" almost every day at work.

In the case before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the bar manager gave a number of examples of being subject to offensive comments from his two bosses.