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| Woman awarded £12,293 for sexual harassment at work | |
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| A woman who suffered sexual harassment at work has been awarded £12,293 by an industrial tribunal. | |
| Noeleen McAleenon, took a case against Autism Initiatives NI in west Belfast, over harassment from a male co-worker which took place over 20 days. | |
| She raised the issue with her employer but resigned over concerns that they had not dealt with it properly. | She raised the issue with her employer but resigned over concerns that they had not dealt with it properly. |
| Ms McAleenon said she was subject to inappropriate contact and derogatory comments about her sex life. | Ms McAleenon said she was subject to inappropriate contact and derogatory comments about her sex life. |
| "I felt extremely degraded and violated and very stressed within the workplace, especially with the nature of the job and it being in the child behaviour unit," she said. | "I felt extremely degraded and violated and very stressed within the workplace, especially with the nature of the job and it being in the child behaviour unit," she said. |
| "I felt I couldn't focus on my job and I couldn't no longer perform it to the best of my ability. | "I felt I couldn't focus on my job and I couldn't no longer perform it to the best of my ability. |
| "I was demeaned by the harasser and I felt worthless as a woman, by his comments." | "I was demeaned by the harasser and I felt worthless as a woman, by his comments." |