The Complainant, worked for MBCC Foods (Ireland) Ltd., ‘the Respondent’ as a Barista in their Costa Coffee store in Belgard, Dublin. The Complainant raised a complaint against her manager with the Respondent and while there was some dispute between the parties about the nature of the original complaint, it was common case that a complaint of sexual harassment was included in a complaint made in January 2020; that the Complainant sought a formal investigation, and that she then resigned before the investigation was concluded.
A complaint was lodged by the Complainant with the Workplace Relations Commission, alleging discrimination on grounds of gender, discrimination in conditions of employment and sexual harassment. An Adjudication Officer, ‘AO’, upheld the complaint and, judging
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