Ex-DCU worker wins €27k for being victimised by DCU after sexual harassment complaint

The Workplace Relations Commission found that DCU was able to rebut the sexual harassment case raised by having effective policies and procedures in place to prevent harassment in the workplace and as a result could avail of the statutory defence under the Employment Equality Act. File photo

A Dublin university has been ordered to pay €27,500 for victimising a former female employee two days after she made a complaint of sexual harassment against her male boss.

In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Marian Duffy has ordered Dublin City University (DCU) to pay Rene O’Reilly €27,500 to compensate her for the distress caused to her and the effects of the victimisation under the Employment Equality Act.