Supermarket ordered to pay female deli worker €20k for 'extremely serious' sexual harassment by male colleague

A female deli worker who was kissed on the neck against her will and pinched by a male colleague has been awarded €20,000 for ongoing sexual harassment.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Adjudication Officer Gaye Cunningham has ordered the employer, a supermarket, to pay the worker €20,000 for the distress suffered by her and the effects of the discrimination and sexual harassment.