Creche ordered to pay €5,000 to worker 'outed' as gay by fellow employee

The Workplace  Relations Commission was told that the complainant was 'outed unwillingly' as gay by a colleague's inappropriate questioning.
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A creche has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay €5,000 to a former employee who was discriminated against on the basis of her sexual orientation. 

Heard by adjudication officer Thomas O'Driscoll, the commission was told that the complainant was "outed unwillingly" as gay by a colleague's inappropriate questioning concerning her sexual orientation, with the former employee also submitting that the creche did not take the proper steps to deal with the harassment.