Background:

The Appellant brought an appeal of the decision of the Adjudication Officer (AO) of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to the Labour Court following a ruling the Appellant had not been discriminated against on the gender ground and he had not made out a complaint of sexual harassment. The Appellant submitted he had been sexually harassed on a training course which he attended at the commencement of his employment. He claimed he was dismissed on the fourth day of his employment when he attempted to make the Respondent aware of the difficulties, he had encountered on the training course. Those difficulties included sexual harassment and what he considered to be an aggressive and challenging approach towards him.

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