Liam Fitzpatrick
A Catholic Polish cleaner received €15,000 compensation after he was repeatedly harassed at work for his faith between October 12 and October 22, 2020.
In one instance, a colleague allegedly laughed at a tattoo of Jesus on Andrzej Waszkiewicz as he was changing. Mr Waskiewicz also alleged that this colleague ridiculed his race (calling Polish people too religious), questioned how he knew his faith was more real than Islam, ridiculed the Polish tradition of celebrating Christmas on December 24, and made derogatory comments about the Pope, among other allegations.
The Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator Louise Boyle ordered Allpro Services to pay Mr Waszkiewicz €10,000 in religious harassment compensation and €5,000 in racial harassment compensation. Additionally, Ms Boyle ordered Allpro Services to develop an anti-harassment and anti-bullying policy that could prevent incidents like this from happening in the future.
