As a result, she said the company did not harass Mr Oluebube on the race grounds in contravention of the Employment Equality Acts. The team leader told Mr Oluebube that he ”looked like a chimpanzee”. Mr Oluebube told the WRC that he found the remarks “to be highly degrading and humiliating but hoped it would be a one-off remark”. Thirty minutes later, the team leader apologised to Mr Oluebube and said he did not mean to be racist. A manager met with the perpetrator and stated that he had apologised to Mr Oluebube and did so again, profusely.

Source: Irish Independent November 16, 2020 22:30 UTC