The Complainant said that during his employment he was regularly and repeatedly subjected to homophobic abuse, was harassed, victimised and discriminated against on the basis of his sexuality.

He said that Mr. A, a co-worker and team leader, repeatedly laughed and sniggered into the Complainant’s face in the workplace and made disparaging remarks about the Complainant and his partners including comments about the Complainant’s social media account which included him and his partner. A complaint to the Operations Manager led to him and a witness being accused of lying and wasting her time.

The Respondent was in attendance at the hearing and stated that the Office that the Complainant had worked in had closed down and all the staff had moved on. It held no records on the allegations or statements from the relevant people cited by the Complainant. The Complainant's evidence was effectively uncontested. Unsurprisingly, the Adjudication Officer found in favour of the Claimant in relation to the direct discrimination allegation and that of harassment. The AO ordered the Respondent pay to the Complainant the sum of €27,000 being the equivalent of approximately 18 months' gross pay for the sustained distress suffered by him and the effects of the discrimination and harassment on him and his health.
https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/cases/2020/january/adj-00017335.html