Care worker who asked young female colleague about 'one-night stands' and 'date rape' loses dismissal appeal

A care organisation sacked a worker after he asked a 19-year old female colleague had she ever been tempted to have a one-night stand and questioned her about ‘date rape’.

In the case, the male care worker was dismissed for gross misconduct in May of this year after the voluntary care organisation found that the 19-year-old agency worker's "dignity at work" was violated as a result of sexual harassment which arose from the conversation of a sexual nature.